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Go Outside! People Who Play In Green Spaces Are Healthier

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Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 22:19:22 +0000

Technology is the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes or applications, whether in industry or in our everyday lives. Clean technologies — also known sometimes as green tech — reduce the negative effects that our post-industrial society has on the planet and its ecosystems, including human life. Those negative … [continued]

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Waste Heat From Google Data Center To Warm A Town In Finland

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Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 16:16:53 +0000

Google, Amazon, Meta, and other data center operators are finding ways to use the heat they generate to benefit communities.

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Finland’s 3rd Largest Wind Farm Inaugurated In Pjelax

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Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 01:45:15 +0000

The Pjelax wind farm of 56 wind turbines, a joint project between Finnish energy companies Fortum and Helen, was inaugurated on Tuesday, 14 May 2024. Located in the areas of Närpiö and Kristiinankaupunki in western Finland, the wind farm will produce more than 1 TWh of wind power annually, around … [continued]

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Finnish Retailer K-Lataus & Kempower Join Forces to Expand the EV Charging Network in Finland: 100+ DC Fast-Chargers

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Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 07:01:05 +0000

Biggest trading sector operator in Finland, Kesko, continues its strong investments in developing the K-Lataus charging network in Finland. The charging technology is provided by Kempower. This year, K-Lataus will heavily expand its charging network in Finland in collaboration with Kempower. With the expansion, K-Lataus’ charging network will grow by … [continued]

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Green Hydrogen Goes To Bat For Sustainable Food Systems

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Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:47:25 +0000

The green hydrogen economy of the future is branching out in new directions, the latest example being a new microbe-based food protein.

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Vantaa Energy To Build 90 GWh Thermal Battery For District Heating In Finland

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Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:00:07 +0000

Vantaa Energy is constructing a giant thermal battery for the district heating system in Finland’s fourth largest city.

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Nuclear’s Glimmer Ushers in Spate of Lifetime Extensions

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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:18:00 +0000

Despite its ongoing war with Russia, Ukraine in early November gave state nuclear operator Energoatom the green light to operate Unit 1 of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant for 10 more years. The approval

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Olkiluoto Unit 3 Provides Carbon-Free Nuclear Power and Energy Security for Finland

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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:10:35 +0000

As a first-of-a-kind project, Olkiluoto Unit 3 took more time to build than was originally expected, but the end result has proven worth the wait. Calling it the “largest single climate action” in

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Finnish Group Touts Nuclear Reactor for District Heating

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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 14:08:05 +0000

A Finnish group announced construction of a reactor-based heating plant that would provide residential and district heating, saying the project would advance the district energy model and support decarbonization and […]

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Westinghouse, Fortum to Study Possibilities for AP1000, AP300 Nuclear Reactors in Finland and Sweden 

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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 11:56:38 +0000

Westinghouse Electric and Finnish utility Fortum will cooperate to explore developing and deploying AP1000 and AP300 reactor projects in Finland and Sweden.  The companies on June 7 signed memoranda of […]

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