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'Huge step towards fossil-free shipping': Stena Line plots Sweden-Denmark electric ferry route by 2030
'Huge step towards fossil-free shipping': Stena Line plots Sweden-Denmark electric ferry route by 2030

Plans for major electric ferry service unveiled as British firm touts vision for zero emission heavy-duty ship it has dubbed the 'Tesla of the seas'

  • Shipping
  • 08 February 2021
Global Briefing: World's first fossil free steel plant fired up in Sweden
Global Briefing: World's first fossil free steel plant fired up in Sweden

All the latest green business news from around the world this week

  • Management
  • 04 September 2020
Poll: Most Europeans view climate change as more pressing issue than pandemic
Poll: Most Europeans view climate change as more pressing issue than pandemic

Of seven counties surveyed by Vattenfall, however, UK was the only outlier, where residents now view epidemics as a bigger threat than the climate crisis

  • Climate change
  • 19 August 2020
Renewable power: Modvion installs 30-metre wooden wind turbine tower
Renewable power: Modvion installs 30-metre wooden wind turbine tower

EU-funded wind tower – built out of wood "stronger than steel" – will spur a number of commercial projects in Sweden, Modvion said, and marks a major breakthrough for the development of taller, lower-carbon wind turbines.

  • Wind
  • 05 May 2020
Sweden becomes third European country to close its last coal power plant
Sweden becomes third European country to close its last coal power plant

Just days after Austria completed its coal power phase out, Sweden follows suit with closure of Stockholm plant

  • Infrastructure
  • 21 April 2020
Swedish airport operator awarded $103m green bond to create 'climate smart' airports
Swedish airport operator awarded $103m green bond to create 'climate smart' airports

Swedavia, which owns and operates 10 airports across Sweden, will use cash injection to make its airports 'carbon neutral' by next year

  • Aviation
  • 10 December 2019
Global briefing: Could China's emissions peak by 2022?
Global briefing: Could China's emissions peak by 2022?

China 2022 CO2 peak, Germany coal phase-out plans, and US Democrats debate climate action - a need-to-know round-up of this week's global green business news

  • Management
  • 06 September 2019
All aboard: Sweden's largest hybrid-electric ferry to set sail this summer
All aboard: Sweden's largest hybrid-electric ferry to set sail this summer

New ferry will mainly operate in fully-electric mode, carrying cars, trucks and passengers along a 1.8 kilometre route in southern Sweden

  • Shipping
  • 23 July 2019
Global Briefing: Kale United takes stake in vegan pea pioneer
Global Briefing: Kale United takes stake in vegan pea pioneer

BusinessGreen brings you this week's green business headlines from around the world

  • Management
  • 26 April 2019
Spandau Battery: Vattenfall to test using salt to store clean power
Spandau Battery: Vattenfall to test using salt to store clean power

Swedish energy giant teams up with SaltX for 10MWh 'salt battery' pilot as part of its plans to renovate Berlin thermal coal facility

  • Technology
  • 12 April 2019
Global briefing: New York Yankees come out to bat for climate change
Global briefing: New York Yankees come out to bat for climate change

All the need-to-know green business news from around the world this week

  • Management
  • 05 April 2019
Vattenfall, SSAB and LKAB forge ahead with plan for green steel
Vattenfall, SSAB and LKAB forge ahead with plan for green steel

Swedish energy, mining and steel giants have formed a consortium to develop fossil-free process for steelmaking, with construction to start soon on two pilot plants

  • Supply chain
  • 01 April 2019
Swedish shipping industry prepares to go fossil-free by 2045
Swedish shipping industry prepares to go fossil-free by 2045

Shipowners' Association is calling for government incentives to help in the transition to climate-friendly vessels, to meet national climate goals

  • Shipping
  • 13 February 2019
Stockholm's first electric-hybrid ferry hits the water
Stockholm's first electric-hybrid ferry hits the water

Passenger ferry operated by Stockholm shipping company Waxholmsbolaget will serve the city's archipelago

  • Transport
  • 07 January 2019
Global briefing...Heatwave melts Swedish mountain
Global briefing...Heatwave melts Swedish mountain

BusinessGreen brings you this week's green economy headlines from around the world

  • Management
  • 03 August 2018
Swedish energy firms launch Power2U green buildings technology service
Swedish energy firms launch Power2U green buildings technology service

Backed by InnoEnergy and SEK60m ($6.65m) investment, the venture is aimed at boosting use of battery storage, solar PV, and EV charging across the building sector

  • Energy
  • 02 July 2018
Report: Nordics and Baltics have 'clear opportunity' for green bonds growth
Report: Nordics and Baltics have 'clear opportunity' for green bonds growth

Climate Bonds Initiative study puts spotlight on growing issuances of green bonds from sub-national public sector across Nordic and Baltic region

  • Investment
  • 15 February 2018
Sweden hails new Climate Act as 'most ambitious in the world'
Sweden hails new Climate Act as 'most ambitious in the world'

Climate Act entered into force this week, setting out a framework for Sweden to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045

  • Legislation
  • 03 January 2018
GE and Green Investment Group team up for 650MW Swedish onshore wind project
GE and Green Investment Group team up for 650MW Swedish onshore wind project

Two companies raise €800m financing to acquire 'massive' wind project from Swedish renewable energy developer Svevind

  • Wind
  • 08 November 2017
Sweden sets out £485m green investment in 2018 budget
Sweden sets out £485m green investment in 2018 budget

Swedish government presents the "greatest commitment to climate and the environment ever" in 2018 budget bill

  • Legislation
  • 05 September 2017
Reports: Google gears up to receive first wind power from Norway
Reports: Google gears up to receive first wind power from Norway

Alphabet Inc. already has deal to buy 100 per cent of power from 160MW Tellenes wind farm, which will become biggest in Europe once completed

  • Wind
  • 10 July 2017
Sweden passes net zero emission climate law
Sweden passes net zero emission climate law

Sweden becomes the first country to significantly strengthen its climate targets following 2015's Paris Agreement

  • Legislation
  • 16 June 2017
Sweden takes major step towards setting 2045 carbon neutral goal
Sweden takes major step towards setting 2045 carbon neutral goal

Government proposal has support of most parties in parliament and would see climate target become law by 2018

  • Policy
  • 03 February 2017

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Budget 2021: All the green announcements at a glance
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Sweet smell of CCS: Coty and LanzaTech announce plan to infuse perfumes with captured carbon
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'Future economy': Sunak pledges to put green investment at heart of economic recovery
'Future economy': Sunak pledges to put green investment at heart of economic recovery
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