Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
The recent find of an object of about 40 centimetres high and a diameter of 10 centimetres near the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is no reason for concern, Danish defence experts say in Danish media. On 24 March 2023 the […]
Winter is still going strong in Sweden. For its electricity the country relies heavily on hydro and nuclear power, and will even do more so in the future. But Sweden struggles with keeping everything up and running. Featured image: The […]
Environment-minded home owners in the further north of the world might have struggled with it already: how to keep the solar panels snow-free. A brush is the quickest solution, but a lot of work – even more for larger solar […]
The third biggest CO2 polluter of Norway, the gas-powered electricity plant on Melkøya island in Hammerfest, will be demolished. Owner Equinor says the floating LNG factory planned here will be entirely run on electricity from the grid instead. Image: The […]
It is said to be the world’s first big, commercial carbon capture storage deal, and Norway is where it happens. Off the coast of Bergen, in the seabed of the North Sea, CO2 will be stored to help combat the […]
It is too early to tell who is responsible for the “deliberate sabotage” of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea, four Swedish ministers jointly declared during a press conference in the afternoon of Wednesday 5 […]
Norway has decided to keep its only active coal mine, Gruva 7 on Svalbard, open for at least another two years. Planned to close in 2023, it will now continue to run until the summer of 2025, the state has […]
Russia kills its supply of electricity to Finland from 1AM on Saturday 14 May 2022. It’s Moscow’s punishment for Finland’s president and government announcement the Scandinavian country wants to join the NATO military alliance. Featured photo: A Finnish F-18C Hornet […]
Poland is not impressed by Russia’s leader Putin to cut the EU country, as well as Bulgaria, off from natural gas. Spring is coming, there are reserves and – how environmentally friendly it may be – a lot of people […]
Norway restarts building wind power on land, with the Labour government pressing the green button three years after the nation’s parliament said stop. But, critics say onshore wind turbines could actually damage the climate. Featured photo: Wind farm on the […]