Environment

As industry begins the transition towards renewable energy, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a major talking point. Following significant interest by ‘major players’ in obtaining permits to store carbon …

Countries developing new oil, gas and coal projects should make sure they come with technology that can reduce the emissions to zero, John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for …

The Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) in Norway said on 27 May that it had signed an agreement with Springfields Fuels Limited (SFL) in UK under which SFL will receive 3 …

Norway has become the first country in the world where EV sales accounted for over half of all new vehicle sales. According to the Opplysningsradet for Veitrafikken (OFV, “Information Council for Road …

OSLO, NORWAY – The sale of electric cars in Norway overtook those powered by petrol, diesel and hybrid engines last year, with Volkswagen replacing Tesla as the top battery-vehicle producer, …

Today the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tina Bru, announced an investment of 120 million NOK (€11.3 million) in a new wind power research center in Norway. The NorthWind research centre …

The Stadler Polska plant initiated the production of very interesting multiple aluminium units for the Norwegian carrier Norske Tog. The train coaches are built jointly by plants in Minsk and Siedlce. …

Norway’s Equinor has awarded two key contracts in connection with the Northern Lights carbon transport and storage project worth a total of NOK 1.3 billion ($149.8 million). Earlier this week, …

A nearly “zero emissions” building site in Oslo, using electric-powered machinery, could be a pioneer for greener construction as the world’s urban areas swell by the equivalent of a Dublin …

Norway has been voted as the best country in the world for quality of life according to United Nation’s latest Human Development Index (HDI) ranking. Neither the UK or the …

A massive landslide just north of Oslo, Norway, on Wednesday left 10 people dead or unaccounted for, officials said. The landslide wiped out more than a dozen buildings in Ask, …

The observations from 2019 show that the annual average CO2 concentration in the atmosphere that year was 411,9 parts per million (ppm) at Zeppelin in Svalbard. This is 2,6 ppm …

Plastic pollution is not being effectively addressed by the current international legal and policy framework. Expert Group request UN to consider new global agreement.  In the beginning of November over …

One way to fight deforestation is to pay countries to keep their forests from being logged. Norway is leading the way for such programs and has announced it will double …

The 2019 amendments of the Basel Convention, introducing new and stronger, legally binding international control on the transboundary movements of certain types of plastic wastes, are translated into Norwegian law, …

Norwegian’s traffic figures for November are heavily influenced by lower demand caused by continued travel restrictions across Europe. Christmas bookings look promising. In November, 124,481 customers flew with Norwegian, a …

The Federal Aviation Administration, which approved what officials acknowledge was a flawed design implicated in two deadly crashes of the jetliner, found itself facing criticism from regulators around the world …

Youth activists and environmentalists will face the Norwegian government in the Supreme Court over oil drilling in the Arctic. The climate court case, also known as The People vs. Arctic …

Leading experts from shipping, R&D and oil and gas have teamed up to develop a ground-breaking fuel solution for ships and oil and gas (offshore) sector.  The new technology opens for …

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has initiated construction of the Hywind Tampen floating offshore windfarm. She did so in a ceremony at Kværner Stord, where elements of the windfarm are …

The Swedish and Norwegian wind industry argue that proposals for an end to the countries’ shared electricity certificate system could create uncertainty and reduce profitability for developers and investors. Both …

Norway will have access to just a fraction of the 1.4 gigawatt (GW) export capacity of a subsea power cable connecting it with Germany once it starts operating in early …

In a Government White Paper to the Norwegian parliament submitted today, the Government proposes to launch a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Norway. The project has been named …

Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru has written to EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson noting common ground in the way the European bloc and the Norwegian Government see …

The NordLink interconnector has transmitted the first power between Norway and Germany. According to Nexans, the system is under testing and electricity with a capacity of 70 MW was transferred …