The Nordic Working Group for Sparsely Populated regions – TBO
The Nordic Working Group for Sparsely Populated regions – TBO aims to establish contacts and relations aiming to exchange information and experiences. This might later result in more joint policy making in the West Nordic Region and the North Atlantic Area.
DECENTRALISED. A Nordic working group focuses on suitable solutions for decentralised energy supply. (Photo: Greenland.com)
Sparsely populated areas are characterised by having only a weak or none at all connexion with a national grid or transmission network.
TBO focuses on suitable solutions for decentralised energy supply, which can reduce the use of fossil fuels. Local renewable energy sources are the key issues, and maybe hydrogen may be one of the energy
carriers of the future. Energy efficiency and the use of cleaner energy sources are important
topics in order to reduce the vulnerability in energy supply of remote communities and outlying districts.
The Nordic energy cooperation contribute to the developing of technologies and means for securing a sustainable energy system in those parts of the Nordic countries not being connected to the
transmission lines or those having weak grid connections.
The Nordic Co-operation is one of the oldest and most encompassing regional co-operative groups in the world. It includes Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden as well as the Faroes Islands, Greenland
and the Åland Islands. Co-operation strengthens solidarity among the Nordic countries while respecting national differences and similarities. It increases the opportunities for speaking the Nordic region’s interests
internationally and to promote neighbourliness.
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