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Vanadium Recovery Project targeting significant increase in vanadium production in Europe with low emissions

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An EIT RawMaterials-supported vanadium recovery joint venture in Finland between two Australian project development companies—Critical Metals Ltd and Neometals Ltd—plans to increase high-purity vanadium production in Europe for use in grid-scale vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs), specialty steel applications and next-generation lithium (..)

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Finland’s oldest ferry goes all electric with Visedo

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The oldest operating ferry in Finland will on Saturday become the nation’s first all-electric passenger vessel after being fitted with Visedo power. The new installed system was eight tons lighter; consisting of two Visedo permanent magnet motor drives and two Visedo DC/DC converters which control the ferry’s DC grid.

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Wärtsilä in US customer collaboration to test hydrogen blended fuel as a step towards decarbonized power plant operations

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One engine will be selected for the test program, during which time it will continue to deliver power to the grid. Wärtsilä has already successfully carried out engine tests at its testing facilities in Vaasa, Finland and Bermeo, Spain, to assess the optimum engine parameters for operating with hydrogen fuel.

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Wärtsilä launches major test program towards carbon-free solutions with hydrogen and ammonia

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Full-scale engine tests have been recently carried out in Wärtsilä’s engine laboratory in Vaasa, Finland, to assess the optimum engine parameters for running on these fuels. Hydrogen and ammonia contain no carbon; hence, combustion releases no CO 2 emissions. —Håkan Agnevall.

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Forest BtL Oy licenses Carbo-V gasification technology from Linde for wood-to-liquids plant

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Finland-based Forest BtL Oy has licensed Carbo-V biomass gasification technology from Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH. The Carbo-V technology will be implemented in a new Biomass–to-Liquid (BtL) plant in Kemi, Northern Finland. Forest BtL’s process. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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IEA report draws lessons from rapid uptake of EVs in Nordic countries

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In proportion to its population, the Nordic region—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden—is strikingly ahead of the rest of the world in adopting electric cars. Given the resilient Nordic power grid, this small share of power demand has not caused issues for electricity distribution networks to date.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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It is a daunting question that a startup called Polar Night Energy, in the small and chilly nation of Finland (Figure 1), is attempting to answer. The electrical grid also supports the efficient distribution of power and makes use of energy generated through renewable means like wind and solar.

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