The Economist’s regular cartoonist, KAL, summed it up neatly in his cartoon last week: the battle humanity is waging against the corona virus is only the preliminary round, and after that, we have a much bigger and stronger opponent waiting for us, called the climate emergency. That some people still may think that something as objectively…
Wind farms are often built in unspoilt nature. This can have a negative climate effect, according to several nature conservation organizations. Recently, the Norwegian Institute for Natural Research (NINA) published a report showing that about 500 times as much carbon is stored in Norwegian nature as Norway releases from greenhouse gases each year. One of the…
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wind power or wind energy is the use of wind to provide the mechanical power through wind turbines to turn electric generators and traditionally to do other work, like milling or pumping. Wind power is a sustainable and renewable energy, and has a much smaller impact on the environment compared to burning fossil fuels. Wind farms consist of many individual wind turbines, which are connected to the electric…
6 February 2020 by Craig Richard Equinor plans to become a major offshore wind developer and grow its renewables fleet tenfold by 2026, which will help it to meet another new target of halving the net carbon intensity of its energy production by 2050. Equinor currently has equity shares in 513.5MW of operational offshore wind,…
20 January 2020 by Craig Richard Vestas plans to eliminate non-recyclable waste from the manufacturing, operation and decommissioning of its wind turbines by 2040, becoming the first turbine maker to announce such a target. Vestas has set incremental targets to raise the recyclability level of its blades from 44% today to 50% by 2025 and…
In the process of design and testing phases we are proud to have a partner like SIMSCALE in our corner. WRITTEN BY Meg Jenkins UPDATED ON July 19th, 2019 Wind tunnel simulation is primarily used to test the aerodynamics of and visualize flows around an object. A wind tunnel simulator can help the engineering design…
In 2015, the Norwegian maritime industry launched the DNV GL-led public private initiative, the Green Coastal Shipping Program. The idea was to encourage research and development of green technology concepts in the country’s shipping sector. Together with 25 partners from the Norwegian maritime industry and authorities, they presented five pilot projects, mostly within oil and…
Several players are joining forces to make the world’s first commercial electric aircraft route possible. The goal is for the route between Stavanger and Bergen to be operational from 2023. “The goal is to get the world’s first commercial electric aircraft route. This is a world record and no one has better conditions than us…
Det gigantiske spesialfartøyet for konstruksjonsarbeid på havbunnen, har fått verdens mest sofistikerte batterisystem om bord. Flere av dieselmotorene er blitt overflødige. Mange bilferger langs kysten og forsyningsskip i oljeindustrien har fått installert batterier i tillegg til dieselmotorer. Men om bord i det 154 meter lange og avansert utstyrte fartøyet North Sea Giant, er batteriteknologien tatt ett…
Fossil-fuel divestment commitments have now passed the $11 trillion mark, according to figures from DivestInvest and 350.org released at the Financing the Future summit in South Africa in September. Leading the movement to exit oil, gas and coal investments have been faith-based organisations, with 22 additional religious groups announcing their divestment commitments on the eve…