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, […]
Sales of premium diesel cars down 95% in Norway as Tesla eats into market share
Norway has the highest EV ownership per capita in the world New Delhi: Sales of some diesel car models were down more than 95 per cent over the past six years in norway, according to Rystad Energy, an independent energy research firm. “Sales of certain diesel models are in free-fall as Norwegians turn to Tesla […]
Wireless EV Charging’s First Roadblock: No Cars
Plans to try out emerging wireless fast-charging technology in the world’s EV capital have stalled. Plans to try out emerging wireless electric vehicle fast-charging technology in Norway have stalled because automakers haven’t got any cars that can use the system. A pilot project, being carried out by Nordic power company Fortum on behalf of the […]
Carmakers Hold Steady on Fuel-Cell EV Sales Despite Norway Blast
The root cause of an explosion this week at a hydrogen filling station near Oslo remains unclear. Automakers are still selling fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) in Norway despite a blast that wrecked a hydrogen filling station on Monday, sources confirmed. Toyota and Hyundai were widely reported to have suspended Norwegian FCEV sales on Monday after […]
Norway fund may have to offload $1 billion stake in Glencore in shift away from coal
OSLO: Norway’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund may have to sell a $1 billion stake in commodities firm Glencore and other investments to meet tighter ethical investing rules adopted by its parliament. Norway’s parliament agreed on Wednesday to the centre-right government’s plan that the world’s largest fund would no longer invest in companies that mine […]
Why Norway leads the world in electric vehicle adoption
Norway has only 5.26 million people—about half the size of Los Angeles County in population, and with only about 35 percent of LA’s vehicles on its roads. But there’s one measure in which Norway trumps America’s most saturated EV market. Per capita, Norway has more electric car owners and drivers than anywhere else in the […]
ZapGo and AS Green Cube Innovation Have Formed a New Joint Venture Enabling Ultra-Fast Charging Units for Electric Vehicles in Norway
ZapGo’s Carbon-Ion™ (C-Ion®) Grid Storage Solution Will Be Integrated Into Charging Stations in the Greater Oslo Area Aim to Benefit Norway’s Robust EV Market Enabling Charging in 350kW to 1.2MW Range With a Goal of 500km Driving Range From a Five-Minute Charge OXFORD, UK and CHARLOTTE, NC / OSLO, NORWAY: A joint venture between ZapGo […]
Amplus signs MoU with Norway’s Kongsberg to digitalize solar asset lifecycle
New Delhi: Amplus Energy Solutions has signed anMemorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Norway’s Kongsberg Digital to utilize efficiency enhancing applications available in KONGSBERG’sdigital ecosystem, Kognifai. According to the agreement, the Gurgaon-based Amplus will explore opportunities for applying Kognifai digital solutions and applications includingrenewables asset management to solar asset management. Both the partners will offer these […]
Norway OKs wealth fund investments in unlisted green energy
Currently 66.3 percent of the fund is invested in shares, 30.7 percent in bonds, and three percent in real estate. Oslo: Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest at more than $1 trillion, will soon be able to invest in unlisted renewable energy infrastructure projects, such as wind farms and solar parks, the government said […]
How Electric Cars Can End The Age Of Oil
To understand how electric cars can end the Age of Oil, you might want to visit a fast food restaurant. Oil may have dominated our economic times, but it fades in significance when compared to salt. Civilization was built on the stuff that McDonald’s now gives its customers for free. Salt is essential to the […]