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First seaweed from wind farm Kriegers Flak harvested this spring

Stuart Mitchell

Green energy will not be the only thing in the spotlight over the coming year in Kriegers Flak, the Vattenfall offshore windfarm located in the Baltic Sea, east of Denmark. Teams will also be harvesting seaweed, setting lines for growing mussels and making an in-depth assessment of cod stocks in the area in and around Scandinavia’s largest offshore wind farm. This is happening as part of the WIN@sea project, in which a number of Danish universities and companies are exploring how best to produce fossil-free energy and food in one…

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Vattenfall connects Danish offshore wind farm to the grid

Stuart Mitchell

Every single turbine at the offshore windfarm Vesterhav Syd has now supplied the first power and the offshore wind farm is now completely connected to the Danish power grid. The milestone is the culmination of almost seven years’ work on the offshore wind farm. “At Vattenfall, we are always happy when we finish an offshore wind farm and thereby contribute to fossil freedom. This time, we allow ourselves to be even more happy, since there is a cold winter in Denmark and Northern Europe where fossil-free and reliable electricity is…

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Renewi’s green gas makes Vattenfall’s gas mix more sustainable

Stuart Mitchell

Vattenfall is the first Swedish energy company to have its target of net-zero emissions in 2040 verified by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Green gas plays an important role in the transition to fossil freedom. The production and use of green gas helps to achieve the climate goals in the field of CO2 reduction and helps the Netherlands to become less dependent on natural gas imports. One of the climate goals is to produce 2 billion m3 of green gas annually in the Netherlands by 2030. The Netherlands currently…

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Vattenfall and SSAB in new fossil-free steel collaboration

Stuart Mitchell

Vattenfall and SSAB have signed a letter of intent regarding deliveries of fossil-free steel produced with HYBRIT technology. SSAB will, using input material from the HYBRIT pilot plant in Lulea, deliver fossil-free steel to Vattenfall, to use in its own operations. In addition to the already existing HYBRIT initiative from 2016, Vattenfall and SSAB are starting another in-depth collaboration to transform the steel industry towards fossil-free steelmaking, promote the use of fossil-free steel and manufacture products with a radically reduced carbon footprint. Vattenfall needs high-strength steel for several different components,…

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Watching eye encourages plastics recycling

Stuart Mitchell

Plastic in waste streams used for energy recovery is an unnecessary source of fossil carbon dioxide emissions. Three Swedish cities are now testing a new digital camera technology with the goal of making it profitable to improve waste sorting and increase recycling. Waste incineration in state-of-art energy recovery plants is an important service to society. The recovered energy is then a fantastic source of energy for district heating. But if plastic waste is not first sorted out, that part is an unnecessary source of fossil CO2 emissions. Until today, it…

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