(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 24-Apr-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Swedish Government owned multinational power group Vattenfall announced it has signed a contract with Luxembourg registered subsea engineering, construction and services company Subsea 7 S.A. for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) 1-4 offshore … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Netherlands, News, Sweden
Tagged Catrin Jung, fossil free living, grid cables, Hollandse Kust Zuid, Offshore wind, renewables, Steph McNeill, Subsea 7 S.A., subsea engineering, subsidy-free, Vattenfall, wind farms, wind turbine, Windpark
Highest electrification rate in benefit cars Commercial passengers cars in scope now Lack of van models a barrier Infrastructure is improving (PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 9-Apr-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — European energy company Vattenfall announced its Executive Group Management has decided on … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Netherlands, News, Norway, Sweden, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged benefit cars, car fleet electrification, charge points, charging points, commercial passenger vehicles, e-mobility, electrification, emobility, EV, fossil free society, full electric cars, light commercial vehicles, management car, Pieter Dumas, plug-in electric hybrid vehicles, public charging, Vattenfall, еtransport
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 1-Apr-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall in Norrköping sent approximately 200 cartons within the stocked van, each one holding 2,000 face masks, which totals over 400,000 pieces to the National Board of Health and Welfare’s central emergency stockpiles … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Healthcare, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged avian flu, Bring, Charles Bernhard Eriksson, COVID-19, emergency stockpiles, face mask visors, face masks, hand sanitiser, Kristian Karn, Kristian Karns, Peter Ekvall, Red Cross, Rikard Hellström, Ringhals, transparency film, Vattenfall
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 30-Mar-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall maintenance work and inspections in various operations will soon be done with the use of drones. During inspections of hard-to-access plant components, drones can simplify these tasks and reduce the risk of … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged AI, Anders Lindström, artificial-intelligence, digital inspection technology, Digital Inspections, drone pilots, Drones, inspections, Joakim Smedlund, maintenance work, safety measures, sensor technology, smart drone systems, Vattenfall
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 25-Mar-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The Dutch Vattenfall Solar Team has announced it is still positive about its participation in the solar car race American Solar Challenge this July (2020). The situation all over the world is unprecedented … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 25-Feb-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Europe’s leading electricity and heat producer and retailer Vattenfall has announced it is taking part of the 2nd round of financing of Berlin-based solar management startup Solytic. Other investors include energy and telecommunications … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Germany, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged artificial-intelligence, Dr. Urban Keussen, EWE, funding, Gunnar Groebler, Johannes Burgard, Markus Fischer, photovoltaic plants, PV plants, solar management, Solytic, Thelo Investors, Vattenfall
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 19-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Offshore wind farms Horns Rev 2 and Horns Rev 3, owned by Ørsted and Vattenfall, have just connected to each other with a new eight-kilometre long cable. The cable connection is meant to … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Sweden
Tagged 33 kV cable, Allan Due Overbeck, back-up electricity, electricity, emergency generator, Energinet, Green Energy, green power, Horns Rev 2, Horns Rev 3, humidity, Niels Møller Jensen, Offshore wind, offshore wind farm, offshore wind turbines, Vattenfall, wind turbines, Ørsted
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 30-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall and Microsoft team up to power new Swedish datacenter locations with renewable energy that will reduce overall carbon footprint from the new datacenters. Microsoft’s future datacenters in Gävle and Sandviken, north of … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 16-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall and GE Renewable Energy to partner in the deployment of GE’s new wind turbine in Europe. Haliade-X is the largest offshore wind turbine on the market to date, with a capacity of … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 16-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The newest available offshore wind power turbine (10 MW) in the North Sea will be deployed by Vattenfall and Siemens Gamesa. Together, both companies plan to install 76 powerful turbines in the Hollandse … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Netherlands, News, Sweden
Tagged Gunnar Groebler, Hollandse Kust Zuid, North Sea, offshore wind power, Siemens Gamesa, turbines, Vattenfall, wind farm
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 23-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall has signed a new four-year sponsorship deal with the solar racing team from Delft. Ever since competing in the World Solar Challenge for the first time in 2001, the Nuon Solar Team has … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Netherlands, News, Sports, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, Delft, fossil free living, life without fossil fuel, Magnus Hall, Maud Diepeveen, NunaX, Nuon, Nuon Solar Team, race, Sasol Solar Challenge, solar car, solar cars, solar racing team, sponsorship, Vattenfall, World Solar Challenge
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 15-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Grid operator TenneT and wind farm developer Vattenfall have signed agreements for the construction of an offshore grid connection for the Hollandse Kust Zuid I and II wind farms. The agreements concern the … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Netherlands, Sweden
Tagged electricity, ENERGY, grid, Gunnar Groebler, Marco Kuijpers, offshorewind, sea grid, Tennet, transition, Vattenfall, wind farm
STOCKHOLM, 18-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — In parallel to being assessed for their financial and business performance, companies are to an increasing extent, also rated for their sustainability performance. The environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria is a set of standards … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Sweden
Tagged audits, business ethics, ESG, executive pay, Governance, human rights, leadership, Sustainalyctis, Vattenfall
STOCKHOLM, 18-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall and the Norwegian industrial group Elkem have signed a long-term electricity supply agreement for the period 2020 – 2026. The deal is the first major supply agreement with Elkem and includes supply of 260 GWh … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Norway, Sweden
Tagged Bjørn Bruvik, electricity, electricity supply, Elkem, ENERGY, ferrous silicon, foundry, Morten Viga, Norway, silicon, Vattenfall
STOCKHOLM, 20-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Construction of the Blakliden/Fäbodberget wind farm in the Åsele and Lycksele municipalities is now starting. The wind farm cluster will have a total of 84 turbines and, when operational in 2021/2022, it will be one of … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Åsele, KPA, Lycksele, Magnus Hall, Sweden, Vattenfall, Vestas, wind farm, wind turbines
Solna Municipality, Sweden, 25-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall and Facebook have signed long-term supply and service agreements for integrating the output of three new Norwegian wind projects into the electric grid that provides power to Facebook’s Nordic data centres in Odense, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Management, Norway, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Facebook, grid, Norway, renewable solution, Vattenfall, Vince Van Son, wind energy, wind projects
STOCKHOLM, 07-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall aims to become a leading electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure operator in collaboration with partners. Vattenfall today announces a major new partnership with leading car manufacturer Volvo Cars with the aim to make EV … Read the full press release
Vattenfall plans to invest SEK 1 billion (EUR 100 million) in large-scale solar energy generation over the next two years. In addition, Vattenfall also provides small-scale solar solutions for customers. The investments support Vattenfall’s objective to become fossil-free within a … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Infrastructure & Utilities, Sweden, Technology
Tagged fossilfree, Magnus Hall, power, Solar, solar power plants, Vattenfall
STOCKHOLM, 06-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — SSAB’s, LKAB’s and Vattenfall’s pre-feasibility study is giving the green light for the fossil-free steel initiative, HYBRIT. For the first time in 1,000 years, there is an opportunity for a technology shift and, as early as … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 27-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Dutch government has given subsidy-free bidders first bidding in an auction for the twin 350 MW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind projects. On Friday 15 December Swedish energy group Vattenfall announced its zero-subsidy bid. EnBW, … Read the full press release
STOCKHOLM, 03-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Hilde Tonne has accepted the chairmanship of the Norwegian grid company Hafslund AS. To avoid possible conflicts of interest she has announced that she now will leave the Board of Vattenfall. Hilde Tonne has been a … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Sweden
Tagged Hafslund AS, Hilde Tonne, Vattenfall
STOCKHOLM, 03-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall has increased its ownership in Wieringermeer wind farm with the acquisition of an additional 32 turbines in what will be the largest windfarm on the Dutch mainland. Vattenfall will own a total of 82 wind … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Netherlands, Sweden
Tagged Gunnar Groebler, Vattenfall, Wieringermeer wind farm, windfarm
STOCKHOLM, 03-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (2017-09-28), Vattenfall’s largest onshore wind farm, Pen y Cymoedd in Wales, is inaugurated. This means that Vattenfall takes one more step towards supplying climate-smart solutions to its customers. And by co-locating renewable energy production with … Read the full press release
STOCKHOLM, 28-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The offshore wind farm Sandbank with an installed capacity of 288 megawatt (MW) is now officially inaugurated. It is the latest cooperation between Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) and the 72 wind energy plants will provide … Read the full press release
STOCKHOLM, 26-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The offshore wind farm Sandbank with an installed capacity of 288 megawatt (MW) is now officially inaugurated. It is the latest cooperation between Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) and the 72 wind energy plants will provide … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Sweden
Tagged Dr. Florian Bieberbach, Gunnar Groebler, offshore wind farm, Sandbank, Vattenfall
STOCKHOLM, 12-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (2017-06-08), Vattenfall enters into strategic partnerships with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Capgemini (EURONEXT: CAP). The purpose is to get access to modern, automated and digitalized administrative systems and tools. As a result, a number of … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Accenture, Aruna Jayanthi, Capgemini, Joost Van De Meent, Kerstin Ahlfont, Stefan Dohler, Vattenfall
STOCKHOLM, 20-Mar-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Preem and Vattenfall have concluded an agreement to investigate the potential of using climate-smart hydrogen gas in the large scale production of biofuel for the Swedish market. Preem’s objective is to produce three million cubic … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Sweden
Tagged biofuel, Biofuel Project, climate-smart hydrogen gas, Magnus Hall, Petter Holland, Preem, Vattenfall
BMW i3-batteries for storage projects in Vattenfall wind farms STOCKHOLM, 20-Mar-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall and the BMW Group have signed a contract for the delivery of up to 1,000 lithium-ion batteries this year. The batteries with a capacity of 33 … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Sweden, Technology
Tagged batteries, BMW Group, BMW-i3 batteries, Daniel Hustadt, Gunnar Groebler, Storage Projects, Vattenfall
STOCKHOLM, 11-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Markus Friberg has been appointed Director of Media Relations and Editorial Nordic, Corporate and EU in Vattenfall. Besides working with traditional media, he will also be responsible for the editorial work in Vattenfall’s channels and social … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, Marketing, Media, Sweden
STOCKHOLM, 11-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall has signed an agreement to acquire the project company “PNE WIND Atlantis I GmbH“ from PNE WIND AG. The sale and purchase agreement, which is still subject to various closing conditions, includes a purchase price … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Investment, Sweden
Tagged Gunnar Groebler, PNE WIND AG, PNE WIND Atlantis I GmbH, the project company, Vattenfall, “Atlantis I”
Media invitation STOCKHOLM, 31-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall cordially invite the media to a joint press conference to be held on Monday April 4, 2016 starting at 10am CET to announce a joint project that can play an … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Sweden, Technology
Tagged fossil-free Sweden, Jan Moström, LKAB, Magnus Hall, Martin Lindqvist, Mikael Damberg, SSAB, Vattenfall
Wales’s largest wind farm community fund starts board member recruitment Pen y Cymoedd wind farm Community Fund gearing up for first payments in 2016 CARDIFF, 30-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company, has started recruitment for board members who will … Read the full press release
The future is now. The bus service of the future starts today with route 73 in Stockholm, and the buses are a completely new type of plug-in hybrid. They can be rapid charged at terminuses and with a full battery … Read the full press release
EDINBURGH, 18-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall, the owner of Clashindarroch wind farm, is calling on local residents and groups to apply for grants from a major, new investment fund. The Clashindarroch Community Wind Farm Fund, will benefit the four areas served … Read the full press release
Clashindarroch, Scotland, 26-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall’s onshore wind farm Clashindarroch in Scotland has generated electricity for the first time. Once fully commissioned the wind farm will be capable of meeting the electricity needs of roughly 27,000 households. Clashindarroch wind farm … Read the full press release
Today (19-11-2014), ISS (ISS.CO, ISS DC), a leading global provider of facility services, agreed to a new major Integrated Facility Services strategic partnership with Vattenfall in Germany. Søborg, Denmark, 21-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The new contract is the largest win ever … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Germany, Management
Tagged integrated facility services, ISS, Jacob Götzsche, Tuomo Hatakka, Vattenfall
Stockholm, Sweden, 28-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall has decided to sell Vattenfall Europe PowerConsult GmbH, (VPC, a leading engineering and laboratory services company with overall 535 employees) to the Private Equity Investor Palero capital GmbH. The parties have agreed not to … Read the full press release
After nine months of construction, the last of the 80 foundations for the DanTysk offshore wind farm has been installed. Stockholm, Sweden, 13-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — After nine months of construction, the last of the 80 foundations for the DanTysk offshore wind … Read the full press release
Wind farm investment leads to Scottish jobs boost 3-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Vattenfall, one of Europe’s leading energy companies, boosted the North of Scotland economy today after awarding a multi million pound contract to a Dingwall construction firm. With construction starting … Read the full press release
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