India ranked ninth on the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), above countries like Finland, Chile, and Norway. Efforts made by India to tackle and control climate change finally have been put into action with the country scoring 66.02 points on the scale. The highest-ranking country was Sweden at number four, clocking in 75.77 points, […]
One-by-one: Saft supplying Nordic region’s next big battery project
Almost exactly a year since the Nordic region’s ‘largest’ battery energy storage system to date was announced, Saft has said that the next system to take that crown will be a project the company will work on in Finland. Saft, the battery energy storage system (BESS) specialist fully-owned by energy major Total, emailed Energy-Storage.news today […]
Finland launches 2-year tender for 600 MW of reserve power capacity
The capacity reserve ensures the security of electricity supply during peaks in power consumption and supply disruptions. OSLO: Finland’s Energy Authority has launched a tender to acquire reserve power generation capacity of 600 megawatt (MW) for the period 2020-2022, it said in a statement on Friday. The capacity reserve ensures the security of electricity supply […]
SAIC-backed MG Motors ties up with Finland’s Fortum Energy to set up India’s first 50 KW fast charger
Under the partnership, Fortum will install 50 KW CCS/CHAdeMO Direct Current fast Public Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles across MG’s showrooms in 5 cities MG Motors that made its debut in India only last week with the launch of its mid-sized SUV Hector, on Tuesday announced its tie-up with Finland-based energy major Fortum Energy to […]
Finland: Climate and Environment – EIB and NIB Group strengthen cooperation
European Investment Bank (EIB) and Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) Group reconfirm joint commitments at high-level meeting in Helsinki Close cooperation on climate and environmental sustainability with a view to the future. In the margins of the EIB’s management committee visit to Helsinki this week, a high-level meeting between took place with the top management of […]
Google to invest 600 mn euros in new data centre at Finland
Amid a push by its parent Alphabet Inc to invest heavily in servers and feed demand for faster access to files and media, Google will pay about 600 million euros ($670 million) to build a data centre in Finland. The new move will take the company’s total investment in Finland to 1.4 billion euros, as […]