(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
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