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Norwegian Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology: The objective of NOWITECH is pre-competitive research laying a foundation for industrial value creation and cost-effective offshore wind farms. Emphasis is on “deep-sea” (+30 m) including bottom-fixed and floating wind turbines.
Renewable energy popular in Finland: According to Statistics Finland, renewable energy is on the rise in the “land of a thousand lakes”. In 2008 electricity production from renewable energy sources increased by 15 % compared to the preceding year.
Aker Solutions and Metso build bio burner in Scotland: The German energy company RWE relies on Nordic know-how in the construction of Scotland's largest biomass-fired power station.
From waste to energy: Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor is involved in projects for selected renewables and waste-to-energy technologies. The company’s experience and expertise ranges from every aspect of plant design to rehabilitation, operation, maintenance, and financing.
Biomass fuelled Stirling engine: The Stirling engine is old news. Still, sometimes looking to the past could solve the problems of tomorrow. Stirling DK is the world's leading provider of biomass fuelled Stirling engines, producing clean energy for small scale power applications.
Sweden's Institutional System: Sweden has one Minister for information technology and energy.
Sweden's Policy Initiatives: Swedish climate policy is characterised by a strong international commitment and close cooperation with all parts of Swedish society; from consumers and researchers to businesses and environmental organisations.
Sweden's Energy System: Almost half of Sweden’s energy supply comes from renewable sources.
Norway's Institutional System: Norway has a separate ministry dealing with petroleum and energy issues.
Norwegian Policy Initiatives: With virtually all electricity generated through hydropower, Norway has a smaller overall budget for renewable RD&D than other Nordic countries. Instead, they invest strongly in carbon capture and storage (CCS).
Norway's energy system: Norwegian electricity production is almost completely renewable.
Policy initiatives in Denmark: Denmark is a good example of how, with a persistent and active energy policy focused on increased energy efficiency, it is possible to maintain high economic growth without increased stress on the environment.
Institutional systems in Denmark: Denmark is the only Nordic country to have one ministry for climate and energy.
Icelandic policy initiatives: With energy generation already renewable, Iceland focuses on R&D and sustainable transportation
Iceland's institutional system: Key institutions in an energy-rich island economy
Iceland's Energy System: The Icelandic energy system is unique in both its isolation from other electricity grids, its small size and high share of renewable energy. In spite of having one of the highest energy consumptions per capita in the world, Iceland hasn’t even started exploiting their large resources of wind energy.
Denmark's Energy system: By 2025, 50 percent of Denmark's energy needs will be covered by renewable energy sources, mostly wind.
Policy initiatives in Finland: In addition to increasing the national share of renewable energy to 38% in 2020, Finland focuses on energy efficiency and nuclear power to cut emissions from the energy sector.
Institutional systems in Finland: Finland has a strong role in technology research and development, and their programmes are successful examples of good cooperation in public private cooperation in R&D.
Finland's energy system: Finland aims at a share of 38% renewable energy in 2020. They will try to bend the curve on energy consumption, so that in 2020 it is approximately the same as in 2008. With their use of biomass for power and heat production, and their utilisation of peat and nuclear power, only half of Finland’s energy production comes from fossil fuels.
Finland: A pioneer in energy efficiency and energy technology research: Finland, often called the land of a thousand lakes, is abundant in renewable energy resources like hydro power, wood and peat. Their long experience with energy efficiency and strong research environment are driving forces behind Finland’s growing sustainable energy sector.
Iceland: An abundance of hydro and geothermal energy: Cheap, clean energy has made Iceland the perfect location for heavy industry. Still, even with one of the highest energy consumptions per capita in the world, Iceland has not yet exploited all its renewable energy resources.
Denmark: Decoupling growth and energy consumption: Denmark’s long term energy strategy is to become fully independent of fossil fuel by 2050. They are the first country in the world to commit to an overall reduction in energy consumption.
Norway: Carbon neutral by 2030: Norway aims at becoming carbon neutral within 2030. This will be achieved through numerous measures, including increased use of renewable energy, higher taxes on diesel and petrol, and tax exemptions for climate friendly vehicles.
Comfortable housing: Denmark's largest development project within construction with no heating system.
Sustainable energy systems 2050: Ten Nordic projects are part of this Nordic Energy Research programme. The goal is to develop integrated solutions in the energy sector, with a long term perspective.
Top-level research initiative: The Nordic countries are investing 480 million SEK in a joint research programme to develop new technology in the period 2009-2013.
Sweden: Energy forerunner: Sweden has the largest share of renewable energy in the EU.
Solar power at the Arctic Circle: Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish researchers are cooperating to prove that solar power in the North is not only possible, but also profitable.
Solar power at the Arctic Circle: Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish researchers are cooperating to prove that solar power in the North is not only possible, but also profitable.
Solar power at the Arctic Circle: Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish researchers are cooperating to prove that solar power in the North is not only possible, but also profitable.
Nordic Built in North America: The Nordic pavilion at Greenbuild 2011 in Toronto was a popular attraction for conference participants, showcasing a number of solutions that demonstrate the region's leading edge within green buildings and sustainable construction.
Pumped storage: Releasing the pressure on isolated electricity grids: The Faroe Islands will use wind power to pump water back up into hydroelectric dams as a means to balance their electricity grid.
Pumped storage: Releasing the pressure on isolated electricity grids: The Faroe Islands will use wind power to pump water back up into hydroelectric dams as a means to balance their electricity grid.
Sustainable biofuels from the sea: Seaweed Energy Solutions is one of the first companies to cultivate large-scale seaweed for biofuel production. They offer an integrated solution, from the development of better seaweed strands to technologies for anchoring and harvesting the seaweed.
Sustainable biofuels from the sea: Seaweed Energy Solutions is one of the first companies to cultivate large-scale seaweed for biofuel production. They offer an integrated solution, from the development of better seaweed strands to technologies for anchoring and harvesting the seaweed.
Denmark to store energy in underground balloons: How do you balance the fluctuating supply of wind power in a country with no hydroelectric dams? With a giant water balloon, of course, covered with dirt.
Denmark to store energy in underground balloons: How do you balance the fluctuating supply of wind power in a country with no hydroelectric dams? With a giant water balloon, of course, covered with dirt.
The world's longest undersea electric cable: Norwegian Statnett and British National Grid are planning a 1.400 MW sea cable between Norway and the UK. At 800 km, it will be significantly longer than the current record holder, the 580 km cable between Norway and the Netherlands.
The new wave: Vigor Wave Energy has developed a new concept to convert wave energy into electricity.
The new wave: Vigor Wave Energy has developed a new concept to convert wave energy into electricity.
Wind, Waves and Watts: After two years of testing in Denmark, the combined wave and wind platform is ready for US waters.
Iceland produces energy from volcanoes: Scientists in Iceland have found a way to produce electricity from magma in volcanoes. Now they want to export that electricity to Europe.
Iceland produces energy from volcanoes: Scientists in Iceland have found a way to produce electricity from magma in volcanoes. Now they want to export that electricity to Europe.
Let there be Light (Emitting Diodes)!: Winners of the 2011 Nordic Cleantech Open, Ecospark, are developing a new generation of Light Emitting Diodes (LED). Their highly efficient lighting solution uses nanotechnology to emulate the warm colour of sunlight.
Let there be Light (Emitting Diodes)!: Winners of the 2011 Nordic Cleantech Open, Ecospark, are developing a new generation of Light Emitting Diodes (LED). Their highly efficient lighting solution uses nanotechnology to emulate the warm colour of sunlight.
Balancing Bornholm: The Danish island of Bornholm finds the key to efficient electricity markets (hint: it's you and me).
From trash to gas: Waste gasification trumps incineration in Finland: An ultramodern facility in the city of Lahti maximises the energy recovered from municipal solid waste.
Electric car sharing – the way to sustainable personal mobility: Move About combines electrical cars with car sharing to provide environmental, energy efficient and flexible mobility for their customers
Nordic Energy Research: Nordic Energy Research supports energy research and innovation in the Nordic countries. It is a Nordic institution under the Nordic Council of Ministers – an intergovernmental body between Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland.
Body Heat Heating Building in Stockholm: The body heat from Stockholm central station’s 250 000 daily commuters now warms the office block next door, slashing heating costs by 25%.
Body Heat Heating Building in Stockholm: The body heat from Stockholm central station’s 250 000 daily commuters now warms the office block next door, slashing heating costs by 25%.
Nordic Innovation: Nordic Innovation is an important player in Nordic knowledge platforms within a range of diverse areas including innovation policy, technology foresight, environmental technology and sustainable energy solutions.
Nordforsk: NordForsk is an organisation under the Nordic Council of Ministers that provides funding for Nordic research cooperation as well as advice and input on Nordic research policy.
PV + EV: Charging cars with the sun: The municipality of Espoo, Finland, is looking to be completely ready for a large-scale roll-out of electric vehicles (EV). Amongst its various initiatives is a charging station powered by photovoltaic panels (PV).
PV + EV: Charging cars with the sun: The municipality of Espoo, Finland, is looking to be completely ready for a large-scale roll-out of electric vehicles (EV). Amongst its various initiatives is a charging station powered by photovoltaic panels (PV).
Swedens bio region: The Swedish county of Jönköping aims at energy self-sufficiency by 2050.
Swedens bio region: The Swedish county of Jönköping aims at energy self-sufficiency by 2050.
The under water kite: Swedish company Minesto has found way of producing tidal power at a reasonable price and without the need for large infrastructure.
The under water kite: Swedish company Minesto has found way of producing tidal power at a reasonable price and without the need for large infrastructure.
Nordic Solutions - Stateside: Nordic solutions for sustainable buildings were a hit at GreenBuild 2010, the most important arena for the green building sector in North America.
Power storage: Denmark is world leading in wind power. A clean energy resource, but on days with low electricity consumption a lot of clean energy goes to waste. How can this energy be stored?
Next generation PV technology: Danish company with a clever and intuitive PV-solution.
The green competitors: Nordic Cleantech Open is a business competition aimed to identify, upgrade and highlight the 25 best Nordic cleantech startups.
More Energy Efficient Data Centers: The cool Nordic climate give the Nordic data centers a head start on energy efficiency, as half of the energy used in traditional data centers traditionally is used to cool the centre down. In addition, the cool climate means that there is good use for the excess heat that is generated.
More Energy Efficient Data Centers: The cool Nordic climate give the Nordic data centers a head start on energy efficiency, as half of the energy used in traditional data centers traditionally is used to cool the centre down. In addition, the cool climate means that there is good use for the excess heat that is generated.
Working for sustainable transport: The BioAlcohol Fuel Foundation is a knowledge and information led organisation involved in projects of sustainable transport around the globe.
Energy from waste: Keeping Västmanland County in Sweden clean, while making sure that no waste goes to waste.
Towards greener transportation: How should we power our modes of transportation in the future? A Nordic research project aims to find this out.
Measuring the wind: Meventus offers you reliable wind measurement campaigns as basis for selection of windturbine type, optimum placement of windparks and predict power/economic output on investment.
Wind farm planning: Rabbalshede Kraft plans and constructs wind farms in Sweden and operates and manages them either through its own operations or in cooperation with other players.
The right foundation: Stenger & Ibsen Construction A/S is one of the leading suppliers of turnkey solutions for wind turbine foundations and civil works in Scandinavia.
A powerful company: Holtab AB is a leading supplier of transformer stations. They have designed, built and equipped transformer stations and technical buildings for a great number of customers and businesses in the Nordic region and other parts of Europe.
Nordic crane specialists: Nordic Crane Group is one of the leading suppliers of mobile cranes in Scandinavia, while also providing services within the transport/special transport and engineering, procurement and construction sectors.
Large scale biogas plants: Bigadan is a Danish company with more than 25 years of international experience within practical use of biogas technology, with emphasis on large scale biogas plants.
Solar power from nanotechnology: Norwegian EnSol AS has patented a new kind of photovaltic solar cells. It seems that in the future, anything could harness power from the sun.
Keeping energy use down: Shutting down one computer is easy, shutting down thousands can be trickier. But the rewards are great. Learn more about how upKeeper can help you.
The future is looking green: Project Zero is an ambitious plan to make a region in southern Denmark completely carbon neutral by 2029.
Bathing in light: The Finnish city of Pori is building a solar heated swimming pool complex.
Zoological transport: Fuelling your vehicles with fossil fuel is not a logical choice when you are running a zoological garden. That is why the Zoo in Aalborg chose the fuel cell powered EcoTruck instead.
The energy from beneath: The global potential for geothermal energy is enormous. In the United States alone there is enough energy for the next 30 000 years. On Iceland access to all this free energy is bringing the country one step closer towards energy independence every day.
Good wood: Wood has a long tradition as a building material in Finland. Using more wood can be an effective way of reducing emissions from the building and construction sector.
Norwegian bio: BioWood Norway will produce 450 000 tonnes of environmentally friendly wood pellets per year as energy carrier for the processing industry and coal-fired power plants on the European market.
Zero Emission Buildings: In collaboration with a whole host of partners, the ZEB-project is figuring out how to make our homes greener.
Innovative power solutions: Nordic Power Systems provides innovative power solutions for mobile and stationary applications, complying with new and future emission legislations.
Finnish supplies: Ruukki supplies metal-based components, systems and integrated systems to the construction and mechanical engineering industries. The company has a wide selection of metal products and services.
Turning on the heat: Icelandic engineering and consulting company with decades of experience in geothermal technology.
They sell fuel cells: Serenergy is a leading manufacturer of fuel cell stack modules featuring High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane technology.
Energy from the fjord: Norway is the land of the fjords. For a century the Norwegians have harnessed energy from the water cascading down from the mountains and into the deep, cold fjords. Now, however, they are using the stable temperatures of the fjord to heat and cool public buildings.
Supplying towers: DynaWind AB manufactures and sells towers for wind turbines, erecting, commissioning and project management of wind turbines projects.
Finnish biogas producer: Biovakka's story has its origins in environmental management. The aim was to refine pig manure in a sensible and appropriate manner and, at the same time, to reduce odour nuisances.
Harnessing the northern wind: NNV’s goal is to convert parts of the region’s vast wind resources into energy, thereby creating an asset for the owners and the community.
In it together: If the Nordic countries were to co-ordinate their future energy, climate, and air pollution strategies it would provide significant benefits for the environment and community planning. This is the result of a Nordic study co-ordinated by IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute.
Installing offshore wind turbines: Windcarrier AS was established in the beginning of 2008 to meet the increasing demand for offshore wind turbine installation vessels.
Sufficient and sustainable: The Danish municipality Ringkøbing – Skjern aims at 100 % energy sufficiency by 2020.
Learning sustainability: REYST - Reykjavik Energy Graduate School of Sustainable Systems in Iceland is an interdisciplinary higher education program for engineers, geoscientists and business administrators.
Biogas specialist: Xergi specializes in biogas - from development of technology to delivering turn-key plants.
Hydrogen fuel cell systems: H2 Logic is a world leading system & market integrator of complete hydrogen fuel cell motive power solutions.
Windpods: OWEC Tower main focus is offshore wind farm development. Based on more than 30 years of pioneering experience in the North Sea, solutions for the offshore wind energy sector have been developed from 2001.
Not just greener, but smarter too: Many things have changed over the past hundred years. Today our homes are filled with appliances and gadgets such as plasma screen tv-sets, computers, and mobile phones. Though high-tech, they still rely on good old fashioned electricity to make them tick.
Thor goes green: Thor is the norse god for thunder and lightning. The brand new Thor data center on the other hand delivers data. Lightning fast and environmentally friendly.
Farm Energy Programme - Finland: A national energy programme for Finnish farms, drawn up by an expert group led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, was launched in January 2010. The programme helps farms to reshape their energy use so as to reduce both costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
Provincial heating: Sweden is one of the world leaders in district heating. Yet, there are rural areas in Sweden that are too scarcely populated to see any major developments. In these areas thinking small is a great idea.
Cleaner clouds from Iceland: Datacenters are energy-intensive facilities that account for a considerable amount of the global CO2 emissions. Why should you care? Because the datacenters are what keep the internet alive. And because the internet is here to stay we should find a cleaner way of powering it.
Cleaner clouds from Iceland: Datacenters are energy-intensive facilities that account for a considerable amount of the global CO2 emissions. Why should you care? Because the datacenters are what keep the internet alive. And because the internet is here to stay we should find a cleaner way of powering it.
Carbon neutral cloud computing: Greenqloud is the world's first truly green public compute cloud.
Producing and selling hydropower: E-CO ENERGI is one of Norway's leading energy groups. Its core activities are the ownership and management of hydropower plants and consultancy services. The City of Oslo owns 100 % ofthe parent company, E-CO Energi AS.
Accellerase for the future: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. And Genencor wants to use it to fuel our cars.
High efficiency heating plants: One of Denmark’s leading manufacturers of automatic biofuel combustion plants, Founded way back in 1982.
High-efficiency boilers: Since the outset in 1935 DANSTOKER has developed into a company whose name is synonymous with high-efficiency boilers for the international energy sector.
Planning to help the environment: Need a plan? Danish consultants Planenergi carries out planning, design, counseling and construction. They can help you, if your project doesn't harm the environment.
Shaping a sustainable future: Swedish consultants, engineers and experts working for a sustainable society.
The power of Poseidon: Floating Power Plant is a clean-tech company that develops, designs and provides a unique technology to harvest the limitless energy of the ocean.
Steel solutions for the wind industry: Bladt Industries A/S has developed a production set-up dedicated to serial production of towers, including mechanical and electrical internals.
Strengthening offshore structures: Since the year 2000 Densit ApS has grouted transition pieces to driven monopiles at 18 offshore wind farms.
The offshore wind expert: A2SEA is dedicated to providing the offshore wind industry with safer, sustainable, and more cost-efficient operations.
Keeps your turbines running: At Roxtec, we develop, manufacture and sell complete sealing solutions for cables and pipes.
Energy from waves: WavePlane A/S is a development company based in Aarhus, currently detail designing and building the first full-scale wave plane.
The right foundation: Ramboll offers engineering and planning services to the offshore wind industry throughout the project development phases.
Capturing waves: Wave Energy is a technology business that develop, design and provide unique solutions to utilize the enormous power in the waves to produce electricity.
Cheaper electricity from waves: Dexawave provides a solution to cheap and reliable wave energy from ocean waves.
Energy solutions for the future: IRD A/S is an independent high technology company devoted to research, development and production of Fuel Cell components, Fuel Cells and Fuel Cell systems.
Roll with it: A Finnish company has found a way to make electricity from the bottom of the sea.
The Wave Dragon: A Danish prototype is currently producing electricity for the grid off the coast of Denmark.
Straw power: Cleaner, renewable, sustainable energy made from agriculture’s leftovers—that’s long been the promise of cellulosic ethanol. Inbicon is doing their share to deliver that promise.
Building sustainability: Wallenstam builds, develops and manages properties for sustainable living and enterprise in the three most expansive regions in Sweden: Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Helsingborg.
Nordic cooperation on energy efficiency: The Nordic Council of Ministers has put down a working group to promote co-operation between the Nordic countries, and keep the position as one of Europe’s leading regions in energy efficiency.
Denmark: Pioneers in wind energy: Denmark’s countryside is riddled with windmills generating electricity for farmers and communities. The quiet rotating blades have become almost like a national symbol to Denmark. And with good reason.
Nordic innovations in Silicon Valley: “Nordic Green II is a gateway for Nordic companies looking for opportunity in the US and a place where US innovators can learn about how to get involved with the latest innovations coming out of this world leading region” says Alex Portilla from the Innovation Center Denmark in Silicon Valley.
Power from all kinds of biomass: Aalborg Energie Technik a/s is an engineering company which supplies and provides service on complete biomass fired boilers, CHP and power plants.
Power from forestry waste: BioSynergi Proces ApS is developing and marketing a complete combined heat and power system. The system utilises wood chips from forestry operations for combined electricity and heat generation.
Smarter buildings – ICT-enabled: People can be wasteful, why not let a computer control your energy use?
Smarter Transportation: ICT-Enabled energy efficiency in the transportation sector.
Dematerialisation: ICT-enabled reduction of energy intensity.
Biodiesel Production in Iceland: Iceland currently gets about 80% of its energy needs from renewable sources. The remaining challenges are energy for transportation.
General Electric invest in the Nordic region: To develop Europe's vast offshore wind resources American energy giant General Electrics looks to the north.
American Wind, Nordic Expertise: USA is a world leader in wind power with a total installed capacity of over 35000 MW. Nordic expertise is currently involved in a number of wind projects in the U.S.
Developing some of Norway's largest wind projects: Havgul clean energy AS is a wind power project developing company. Behind Havgul are people who have been central in developing some of the largest wind power projects in Norway, onshore and offshore.
Solid oxide fuel cell technology: Topsoe Fuel Cell focuses on solid oxide fuel cell technology - SOFC - which is the most efficient fuel cell technology available. Fuel cells produce electricity from air and fuel.
Harness and control solar energy: AventaSolar AS is a young Norwegian company, founded in 2005, but with long experience within solar thermal energy and waterbased heating.
Big benefits from smaller turbines: You don't need huge wind turbines to generate electricity says the people at Innowind from Norway.
Nordic wind farm developers: What does it take to develop a productive, financeable wind farm? Years of experience in development and technical documentation from expert team members.
The Hexicon Project: A Swedish company with a novel approach to offoshore windpower. Floating platforms, moored to the seabed, with room for up to eight wind turbines.
Fuel cell powered by methane: Wärtsilä has developed the world’s first solid oxide fuel cell unit running on landfill gas.
Cleaner Capitals: As cities across the world grow larger, air pollution from cars has become a growing concern. The Nordic capitals have taken some steps to clear the air.
Good neighbors: Share the heat. Dairy production generate a lot of heat. Why not sell it to the greenhouse next door?
Harness the sun in a cleaner way: Innotech Solar is a company based in northern Norway producing photovaltic cells.
The Powerbox: Opcon and Skellefteå Kraft collaborate on a new application of Opcon Powerbox technology for converting small heating plants into CHP-plants.
Developing wind projects world wide: Danish wind energy company with a global outlook.
Floating docking system: A Norwegian company with long traditions in the lifting industry have come up with a very clever docking system for floating wind turbines.
Seabased AB: World leaders in generator design build the worlds largest wave power plant.
From waste to thermal energy: Babcock & Wilcox Vølund is one of the world's leading suppliers of equipment and technologies designed to convert household waste and bio-fuels into thermal energy.
Pig City: Construction on a combined green house and pig farm is expected to begin in Denmark in 2010.
Danes and Chinese work together on wind energy: The Danish-Chinese Wind Energy Development Programme (WED) is a bilateral development programme with its overall objective to help China improve its technological and management capacity in wind power development.
World's largest wind turbine: Norwegian company Sway AS is provided with funding in the amount of NOK 137 million to demonstrate a new wind turbine prototype.
Heating Husavik: Husavik – a small urban community on the north coast of Iceland, 40 km from the Arctic Circle – is a model of how energy efficiency can be integrated to a unified whole.
Feed and biofuel: ANDRITZ FEED & BIOFUEL is a global corporate group with worldwide activities in development, production and supply of technology and after-sales service to the feed and biofuel industries.
Offering sustainable energy solutions: Food is for eating says the people of ST1. That is why their bio ethanol is made from waste. The concept is called Etanolix and is a waste management solution specified for food industry, turning waste into fuel.
Ruler of the winds: Æolus was the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology. Eolus Vind on the other hand Sweden's leading actor in planning, projecting and establishing wind power plants.
Danfoss - a versatile Dane: Danfoss is involved in solutions within the field of renewable energy all over the world. They can help you out whether you are planning gigantic wind farms or wish to reduce your operating costs and increase energy efficiency.
Fantastic plastic: In the course of its 30-year history, Fiberline has gone from technology-driven pioneer to efficient, market-driven supplier of composite profiles.
Denmark’s first carbon neutral building: The Green Lighthouse is a new facility at the University of Copenhagen. It is carbon neutral, utilizes solar panels, district heating, natural lighting and ventilation. And it shows us that energy efficient buildings are not a thing of the future.
Working together for cleaner cars: Valmet Automotive knows something about making cars, while Ensto and Fortum know quite a bit about electricity. A good reason to team up and develop solutions for electric cars.
The Nordic region: The Nordic region consists of five countries; Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. On a national level the individual countries often provide a similar service comparable to Nordic Energy Solutions.
District heating goes digital: Servers and computers generate a lot of heat. Two Finnish companies have found a clever way of cooling them down. The benefits turned out to be.. binary.
Swedish Wind Energy: As the national trade association, Swedish Wind Energy looks after the financial interests of its members by acting as the collective voice of the industry in society.
Massive yet passive: With huge variations in climate from arctic coastal areas in the North, to more temperate areas in the south, building passive houses in the Nordic region can be a challenge. Still, passive houses are popping up all across the region.
Massive yet passive: With huge variations in climate from arctic coastal areas in the North, to more temperate areas in the south, building passive houses in the Nordic region can be a challenge. Still, passive houses are popping up all across the region.
Malmö: Making sustainability reality: In Malmö, sustainability is not just a matter for researchers, engineers, politicians or architects. It has become a way of life, and a mode of thought. Malmö is a city where sustainability takes place.
Global district heating: Rambøll is a leading district heating consultancy with 40 years of experience from projects in Denmark and more than 25 other countries.
Innovative and cost-effective fuel-ethanol production: Substitution of gasoline with fuel-ethanol from lignocelluloses is estimated to reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector by up to 90 %. We will just figure out a cheap way of producing it first.
The powerful connection: Troll WindPower is delivering the infield transmission system for offshore wind farms based on Norwegian offshore experience.
Nordvind: A new project looks into the conditions for wind power development in the Nordic countries.
Climate and Energy Systems; Risks, Potential and Adaption: Will the reservoars fill up? Can wind conditions change? Renewable energy resources are climate sensitive. This project looks at climate impacts in the short run, 20-30 years, focusing on the energy sector.
Joint Nordic research on energy and climate: The Top-level Research Initiative (TRI) focuses on climate, environment and energy solutions and is the largest joint Nordic research and innovation initiative to date. Cooperation between the best scientists and institutions in the Nordic countries will contribute towards solving the global climate crisis.
The carbon free nation: Nearly all of Iceland's electricity comes from geothermal and hydro, and 90 % of homes and workplaces are heated with geothermal hot water. Still, the ultimate challenge remains: turning the entire island into a carbon-free society.
Big in China: Iceland-based geothermal energy company Enex build district heating in China together with Chinese Sinopec Star.
The world's largest turbine blade: The white rotating wind turbines have become something of a trademark of the Danish environmental industry. The company LM Glassfiber is a leading producer of turbine blades in Denmark, and the producer of the huge LM 61.5.
A smörgasbord of solutions: Electrical vehicles, drying of biomass and ignition systems for ethanol engines. District heating in Sweden and energy efficiency in Belgium. Opcon AB is truly a diverse actor in the field of environmental technology.
The Nordic Climate Facility: The Nordic Climate Facility is financed by the Nordic Development Fund and implemented jointly with The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation. It provides funding for projects that have a potential to combat climate change and reduce poverty in low-income countries.
GEORG-GEOthermal: GEORG is an international Geothermal research Group meant to increase the number of qualified experts in geothermal research, engineering, design and technical exploitation of the resource.
The EDISON project: Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. E.D.I.S.O.N is short for Electric vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated market using Sustainable energy and Open Networks. Edison is still synonymous with a brighter tomorrow.
Finland Futures Research Centre: Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC) in a multidisciplinary academic organisation working on research, education and development projects. The centre focuses mainly on themes such as environmental and energy research, innovations, social and cultural research and research on creative industries.
Intpow: INTPOW is a networking organization between Norwegian and foreign players in the Renewable Energy industry. We are a non-profit joint venture between Norwegian Renewable Industry and the Norwegian Government.
Institute for Energy Technology - IFE: IFE is an international research institute for energy and nuclear technology. IFE’s mandate is to undertake research and development, on an ideal basis and for the benefit of society. The Institute strives for a more climate friendly energy system based on renewable and CO2-free energy sources.
TransEco Development Program: Finland has been a pioneer in making use of bioenergy and developing low-emission traffic fuels. The Ministry of Employment and the Economy is now giving further support to the development of new biofuels through the TransEco program, coordinated by the VTT Technical Research Centre.
Powering Iceland's Hydro Development: Approximately 75% of Iceland's electricity is generated from hydroelectric power. Mannvit Engineering has participated in the preliminary work and/or construction of most of the hydropower plants and dams that have been built in Iceland since the late 1960s.
Thanks a billion: The Norwegian government has put aside NOK 1 billion for the development of land based wind power. You have until 29th of January 2010 to apply.
Powered by the sun: Ever heard of the Stirling engine? Originally conceived in 1816 as a rival to the steam engine, Cleanergy is now bringing this almost 200 year old engine to the fore again.
The heat under your feet: In MWh per capita Iceland, Sweden and Norway rank as the top three geothermal countries in the world. While Iceland is well known for their expertise in geothermal energy, you may be surprised to hear that Norway has an impressive track record when it comes to shallow thermal energy.
Inspirational sustainability: An hour’s drive to the east of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik, you get to the community of Solheimar. Iceland’s first eco-village and home to the Center for Sustainable Development at Sesselja House.
Life is a highway: The Green Highway is a green corridor between the Gulf of Bothnia and the Norwegian sea. Along it you find the infrastructure to recharge you electric car, or fill up your tank with biofuel.
Vätgas Sverige: Hydrogen Sweden is a Public Private Partnership with members and financiers from industry, NGO’s and local, regional and national government. The PPP promotes a balanced and pragmatic approach to hydrogen. Hydrogen Sweden is non-profit, and includes more than 30 members.
NEFCO Projects: From shipping wood chips to Sweden, to chipping in on hydropower in Lithuania. These are some of the energy-related projects that the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation is involved in.
The Hynor-project: The Hydrogen Project HyNor are building a hydrogen road between Stavanger and Oslo. HyNor was established in spring 2003. Total 50 players in the industry, transport, regional governments and organizations are included in HyNor. The purpose of the project is to lay the foundation for a broad testing of hydrogen in the transport sector in Norway.
Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO): Environmental problems know no boundaries. Luckily, neither do solutions. The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) was established in 1990 to finance environmental projects in Central and Eastern European countries. NEFCO prioritizes projects that reduce releases of climate gases, improve the ecological status of the Baltic Sea or mitigate release of toxic pollutants.
Wind flow modelling: WindSim is a modern wind farm design tool (WFDT). WindSim fuses advanced technologies with unrivaled wind energy domain expertise—so you can design more profitable wind farms.
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute: NGI is a leading international centre for research and consulting in the geosciences. They develop optimum solutions for society, and offer expertise on the behavior of soil, rock and snow and their interaction with the natural and built environment.
Supporting Solar Cells: The Swedish government has decided to give financial support of up to 60 % of investment costs to any public or private organization, as well as individuals that wishes to install solar cells. The effort is meant to increase the share of solar energy in Sweden as well as create jobs.
Norwegian Wood: Norwegian wood is a collaborative effort to turn the Stavanger region in Norway into a showcase for environmentally friendly architecture.
Here comes the sun!: Ever been confined to a gloomy office on a sunny day? Of course you have. Are those productive days? Hardly. Luckily Swedish company Parans have found a way of bringing sunshine to your desk, making it easier to spend those working hours indoors when you would rather be somewhere else.
Active Houses: The VKR Group has ca. 15,000 employees in more than 40 countries; experts in windows, thermal solar energy ventilation and indoor climate. Now they will build eight Active Houses, and let people live in them for a year.
CIENS fiction?: CIENS stands for Centre for Interdisciplinary Environmental and Social Research, and is a strategic research collaboration between independent research institutes and the University of Oslo. The office building where the centre is located is in itself a study in energy efficiency and environmental solutions.
Stockholm, European Green Capital 2010: Starting 2010, one European city will be selected each year as the European Green Capital of the year. First one out is Sweden’s capital Stockholm. Let us have a look at what makes it so green.
Wind in hearts and minds: Denmark has been the world leader in wind power for quite some time. Surveys show that both the people and their politicians wish that it stays that way.
Towers of power: Seatower is an EPCI supplier of foundations for offshore wind turbines, met masts and substations. Their unique Cranefree™ technology - based on principles from the offshore oil & gas sector - enables offshore wind projects at deeper waters to be executed cost effectively with minimized risk.
The Norwegian Centre for Bioenergy Research: The Norwegian Centre for Bioenergy Research aims to contribute to the sustainable production and use of bioenergy, industrial innovation and research-based teaching.
Mapping the wind: The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate have mapped the Norwegian wind resources . The result might come as a surprise to some.
Iceland’s biggest geothermal CHP: The Hellisheidi geothermal power plant is a combined heat and power plant (CHP) located on one of the largest wet geothermal systems in Iceland. Development plans will turn Hellsheidi into the largest geothermal combined heat and power plant in Iceland within 2010.
Branding the wind: Kotka Energia is a energy services company that is 100 % owned by the city of Kotka, Finland. It supplies it's citizens with the heat and energy it needs, while making big cuts in the city’s emmissions.
Cool computers: With the advent of cloudsurfing and mass data storage, we have seen an increase in the construction of data centers and server parks. Servers need cooling, and cooling requires energy. Ideally servers should be somewhere cool with energy in abundance. Somewhere like Iceland.
The breeze from the east: Finland's goal is a wind power capacity of 2000 Mw by 2020. State owned energy company heads into the Laplands for their latest wind farm. They have increased their focus on services towards the wind energy marked, and are also involved in wind projects across the Nordic region.
Expansive Danish solar energy company: Danish Solar Energy Ltd. has more than 15 years experience with PV production, project management, system design and installation of all types of photovoltaic power systems. Their production is based in Denmark, but their know-how can be found in projects across the globe.
Maximum energy from moderate waves: Langlee Wave Power has developed a unique technology for converting the power of sea waves into electric power. It captures a greater proportion of wave energy than alternative systems — and is designed for conditions found near major coastal population centers.
Electricity from pressure: Reduce your electricity bill and your carbon footprint, simply by reducing some pressure. This is what Norwegian company Zeropex' power generating pressure reduction devices can do for you.
The lure of manure: Where others see manure, Norwegian company Energreen see a source for energy. Their BiEnergy concept is a way of capturing greenhouse gases, as well as producing both fertilizer and energy from one of the biggest polluters in the world, farm animals.
Drilling deep for heat: Drilling expertise from the North Sea will help Rock Energy AS bring renewable energy from the ground.
Current affairs: In the Arctic town of Harstad Hydra Tidal is developing technology to harness the vast energy potential of the world's low-speed tidal and ocean currents.
From A to B without the CO2: GasPlas has developed a groundbreaking new technology for production of hydrogen without CO2. This enables a truly clean hydrogen transport system with no CO2 emissions from well to wheel.
Purified natural quartz for solar applications: To harness the sun, solar power plants in Japan and China rely on quartz from the steep mountains around Tysfjord, high above the Arctic Circle.
Testing the windmills of tomorrow: The Danish government has decided to construct a new national test center for on and off-shore windmills. The size of the center will be around 7400 acres, and give room for 5 – 7 windmills raging up to 250 meters in height.
From wood to wheels: Construction started on the first plant in the world for the production of a renewable automotive fuel called BioDME.
The power of plants: In the 60s they built a district heating system, in the 90s they switched to biofuels, this year they open Swedens largest combined bio heat and power plant. Söderenergi is doing their part to make sure the Swedes stay warm, and their winters stay cold.
In Sweden good ideas really do grow on trees: Find out how Chemrec aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from heavy trucks by 95%, carbon dioxide emissions by 6 million tons and replace fossil fuel imports worth € 1 billion.
Norwegian research programmes: In Norway, public funding of energy research is concentrated in two programs administered by the Research Council of Norway. In addition, the private sector perform a considerable effort in R&D.
Iceland's helping hand: A generation ago Iceland was dependent on imported fossil fuels, today they are practically energy independent. Now Iceland wish to share it's knowledge to help other countries achieve energy independence.
Cleaner, brighter, smarter: Oslo's first street lights were lit in 1848. Since then they have become both brighter and smarter.
Catching the Arctic sun: Solar collectors from S-Solar highly effective in areas where the sun is high, while the temperatures remain low.
Bio-powered paper mill: Swedish paper mill partly powered by its own waste, greatly reducing its emissions.
High hopes in small scale: The Norwegian Government stimulate the development of small scale windmill projects.
Expected growth in bioheat and power: Favourable policies secure investments in district heating and combined heat and power plants.
Energy efficient buildings: Should we really put less energy into building the future? Yes, but only through increased focus on energy efficiency.
Improving energy efficiency: Lower energy consumption is an important step towards a sustainable energy system in Sweden.
Future dwellings: The Danish project "Fremtidens parcelhuse" near the city of Køge, has demonstrated that it is possible to build energy efficient and environmentally sound houses without compromising on architectural quality.
Nordic green power certificates: Sweden and Norway have agreed to establish a common market for green electricity certificates.
Nordic Ecolabelling: Nordic Ecolabelling has set a long-term climate objective of a significant reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases that may cause an increase in the temperature of the earth.
An energy efficient Swan labeled house: A Swan labeled house must meet strict insulation standards. Heat escape points must be minimised, and heating systems must include heat recycling or solar technology.
Financing low-energy houses: The Housing Bank and Nordic Ecolabelling have entered into a collaboration agreement to market houses with the Swan label in order to help create a breakthrough for environmentally-friendly housing.
Produce more, pollute less – the Nordic vision: The Nordic countries have a very fine track record when it comes to dealing with the really big challenge in a carbon-constrained future: creating more growth with less pollution.
Saving 4 million tons CO2 a year: Thanks to Iceland's many volcanoes, five geothermal power and heating plants make Reykjavik an excellent example on how to make maximum use of renewable energy.
The sustainable tourist: Portable cabins for isolated tourist destinations may introduce both sustainable tourism and new energy solutions.
International Engagement: Climate change and other environmental problems do not recognise national borders. In order to implement the sustainable energy solutions these problems require, we must collaborate at national, regional and global levels. Active engagement in international cooperation has long been considered crucial by the Nordic region.
Process and energy optimisation: FORCE Technology offers consultancy and expertise within process and energy optimisation of continuous processes.
Customizing energy efficient electrical machinery: Smartmotor offers highly efficient and customized electrical machinery, motors and generators. The company is represented in several market sectors, among others in marine, renewable energy power generation and subsea oil and gas.
Switch on new energy: The Switch is a leading supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet generator and full-power converter packages for wind power and other new energy applications.
Enabling machinery efficiency: In response to industry's ultimate need to produce more with less, SKF has combined its knowledge and experience with the latest technology to develop solutions for your specific conditions.
Interdisciplinary energy efficiency consulting: Successful energy efficiency measures require broad interdisciplinary expertise on implementation of projects, and require expertise in many fields. Norconsult has a long and versatile experience in energy efficiency.
Boosting energy efficiency in ships: Fuel consumption is becoming a critical issue as the price of energy is increasing and the need to cut emissions is evident. Wärtsilä’s machines makes it possible to cut operating costs while, at the same time, reducing emissions.
Exploring energy efficient pulping: When paper industry increases the use of mechanical grinding of raw materials, both wood consumption and environmental load is reduced. But energy consumption is increased.
Nordic countries are to be global role models: A declaration issued by the Nordic prime ministers states that the global increase in climate gas emissions must be halted no later than 2020. Research on climate solutions is part of the joint Nordic statements.
Innovative tidal and ocean power: The world oceans contain a massive amount of kinetic energy ready to be utilized for the production of electricity. Hydra Tidal’s goal is to harness this energy globally.
Demonstrating offshore wind power in deep sea: Loaded with heavy mineral olivine to secure stability, StatoilHydro's floating wind turbine is now buoyed off the coast of Norway. These turbines could be the future of renewable energy.
Norwegian companies to build wind farm off UK: 220,000 homes will be supplied with clean energy from the offshore wind farm that is being established off the coast of UK by the end of 2011. StatoilHydro is operator for the development phase.
Energy generation from waste heat: Single-Phase Power provides solutions for profitable energy recycling. Their turnkey powerplants can turn your low temperature industrial waste heat into clean and safe, profitable power.
Prize winning circuit: Local sewage is used as fertiliser for bio energy crops in the Swedish city Enköping.
Bioenergy on EnergyMap.dk: EnergyMap is the national Danish internet portal for energy and climate related solutions.
Solar energy on EnergyMap.dk: EnergyMap is the national Danish internet portal for energy and climate related solutions.
Wind power on EnergyMap.dk: EnergyMap is the national Danish internet portal for energy and climate related solutions.
Specialist in sustainable buildings: Schüco is one of Europe’s leading specialists in building envelopes.
Converting organic waste into renewable energy: Watrec Ltd is a Finnish company specialized in environmental engineering and science. Essential know-how is in biowaste, wastewater, and process water treatment, as well as consultancy services for the both environmental and energy related issues.
50 percent district heating: About 2.6 million Finns live in houses heated by district heating. District heating use heat energy generated in electricity production, and waste heat from industrial and other processes.
Welcome to cold Hawaii: Thisted Municipality in Denmark realises that an energy plan based on renewables, must be economically sustainable and help create new jobs within the municipality.
Promoting Nordic renewable solutions: The Nordic Council of Ministers envisages the Region becoming a leading exporter of sustainable energy solutions and is launching this new website to promote Nordic expertise.
Nordic energy companies increase their R&D effort: The largest Nordic energy companies are increasing their budgets on research and development. From 2006 to 2009 these budgets have risen by about 63 percent.
Floating wind turbines: Lyse is planning the world's first deep-water wind farm off the island of Utsira in Rogaland, Norway.
GoBiGas – Gothenburg Biomass Gasification Plant: Göteborg Energi plans to build a gasification plant that is intended to transform 140 MW of low grade biomass such as forestry residues into biogas, with an efficiency of 60-70%.
Drilling for renewable energy: Iceland Drilling is the world’s leading expert in exploiting geothermal energy, and a reliable, high-tech company following an elaborate environmental policy.
Research Liaison Office of the University of Iceland: The Research Liaison Office of the University of Iceland is a forum for innovation within the academic society. It strengthens ties between university and industry and encourages relations between Icelandic researchers and colleagues in other countries.
Innovation Center Iceland: Innovation Center Iceland was established in 2007 with the merger of the Technical Institute of Iceland (IceTec) and the Icelandic Building Research Institute (IBRI).
Solar Energy Association of Sweden (SEAS): Solar Energy Association of Sweden (SEAS) is a national organisation with more than 50 professional members representing Swedish industry, as well as Swedish research institutes, working with solar energy.
Biofuel from seaweed: A small eco-project in Porsanger in Northern Norway could turn out to be quite an innovative biofuel production facility.
Snowcooling; storing the cooling power of snow: Snowpower AB offers renewable energy in form of cooling based on snow and ice. The company also design snowcooling plants.
Biogas West: Biogas West is the world’s first regional project for promoting biogas as vehicle fuel. Some 30 participants from privately and publicly owned companies, organizations, public authorities and municipal authorities make up the core of this unique public-private partnership.
The carbon compensating island: The Danish island Samsø has a negative carbon footprint. Offshore wind power is compensating the island's emissions from transportation.
Feature Article: The carbon compensating island: The Danish island Samsø has a negative carbon footprint. Offshore wind power is compensating the island's emissions from transportation.
The carbon compensating island: The Danish island Samsø has a negative carbon footprint. Offshore wind power is compensating the island's emissions from transportation.
Catching the power of light: Naps Systems is a specialist in customized and innovative solar electricity solutions, based on photovoltaic technology.
The Norwegian Bioenergy Association: NOBIO has as its main goal a profitable production and distribution of bioenergy based on a significantly increased share of the energy market.
The Danish Biomass Association: Danbio is supporting use of biomass in energy generating facilities and in industry.
Solar Power Made in Sweden: Gällivare PhotoVoltaic was founded in 1992 and was the first and still is one of the largest producers of solar power modules in Scandinavia. In March 2009 GPV acquired Switchpower. Switchpower is the Scandinavian market leader for turn-key building integrated and building applied solar photovoltaic power systems.
Rannís - The Icelandic Centre for Research: Rannís serves the framework for science and technology policy in Iceland introduced by an act of parliament in 2003.
Icelandic research programmes: The Environmental and Energy Research fund in Iceland may provide grants for university project initiatives or grants for special proposals initiated by Reykjavík Energy in collaboration with the directors of the fund. In addition, the National Energy Fund provides grants.
Swedish research programmes: Swedish research on energy is being conducted at several institutes.
Finnish research programmes: Several institutes contribute to Finnish research on energy.
Nordic Five Tech: The Nordic Five Tech (N5T) universities have a long tradition for cutting-edge research and innovation within the area of natural science and technology.
The full value chain of hydropower: Rainpower is one of the leading actors within Norwegian, and international hydropower business, and is a complete supplier of technology, products and services to the hydropower industry.
Landfill biogas for transportation: SORPA produces methane based biogas from a landfill in Iceland.
NETS Nordic Environmental Technology Solutions: The project Nordic Environmental Technology Solutions (NETS) is a Nordic collaboration with partners from Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark that was established to prepare for increased collaboration between companies in the four countries.
Spanning the whole solar energy value chain: Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) is a fully integrated solar energy company. Operations span the whole solar value chain, from silicon, wafer, cell, module production to system integration.
Get energy for free: IVT has for many decades worked with heat pump technology, and is now one of the leading companies in the world in this field. The basic technology, known since almost a century, is to use the energy created from the sun stored in rock, soil or air for heating.
Enabling the Next Generation Offshore Wind Farms: A niche developer, OceanWind’s mission is to deliver offshore wind energy project plans that can be implemented in the safest and most cost effective manner.
Making solar power affordable: Scatec Solar is devoted to offer clean and renewable power at competitive price. The company develops and deploys solutions that make solar energy an attractive and affordable alternative for companies and communities worldwide.
Biofuel for existing motors: The goal of Swedish Biofuels AB is to offer a complete solution for environmentally friendly alternatives to fossil oil for motor fuels.
A unique producer of solar grade silicon: Fesil Sunergy AS is positioned to be a producer and supplier of high quality solar grade silicon based on a unique metallurgic production process.
The power of experience: Geysir Green Energy is a leading developer and investor in the geothermal renewable energy industry.
Making generation of wind energy possible: ESAB offers high quality products and services for building wind turbine towers.
From sawdust to pellets: Stora Enso's pellets factory at Gruvön sawmill outside Karlstad produces 100,000 tonnes of pellets per year.
Renewable diesel: Neste Oil has developed a premium quality NExBTL renewable diesel production technology.
Waste in - energy and fertilizer out: Cambi technology treats bio-material and produce renewable energy and fertilizer. With a thermal hydrolysis process prior to bacterial degradation, waste like sludge or bio-waste is desintegrated, sterilized and digested. The outcome is biogas that can be used to transportation or electricity, and fertilizer which can be used in agriculture.
Enabling power from water: Norconsult is one of the leading consulting engineering companies in power generation, energy supply and water resources planning with 75 years of experience in Norway and nearly 50 years of international operations.
Multiconsulting hydropower: Multiconsult is one of Norway's leading consulting engineering companies with more than 20 offices in Norway and abroad. The company provides expertise in all phases of planning, design and construction of energy generation, transmission and distribution systems.
Consulting hydropower solutions: Vattenfall Power Consultant is the leading Swedish consultancy company in the energy and power sector, spanning over all areas of the energy industry.
Wind turbines for a harsh costal climate: ScanWind Group is a producer of wind turbines of 3.5-4 MW for onshore and offshore use. The design consists of a direct driven, variable speed turbine with a permanent magnet generator.
Drilling for the ultimate thermopower: The Deep Drilling Project might lead to boreholes that could ultimately yield 10 times as much geothermal power as any previous geothermal project.
Drilling for the ultimate thermopower: The Deep Drilling Project might lead to boreholes that could ultimately yield 10 times as much geothermal power as any previous geothermal project.
Biogas from rubbish: Scandinavian Biogas makes the most out of the customers' organic waste stream.
Biodiesel: Perstorp BioProducts AB's RME plant is one of Europe's most modern and efficient biodiesel plants.
Small fuel production units: REAC Fuel has developed an entirely new method for the production of fuel.
Optimising production of biogas: Bioprocess Control believes that an efficient biogas process starts with an optimised process design and continues with support during the operation of a biogas process.
Eco-cycle in Hammarby: To minimise the consumption of resources is the goal of Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm. Waste from energy cover a sustantial part of the community's energy needs.
The world's largest turbine producer: Vestas has already installed more than 35,500 wind turbines in 63 countries on five continents. Every four hours, a new turbine from Vestats is installed.
Biofuel in CHP-plants: Wärtsilä is a leading supplier of decentralized power plants, providing sustainable power plant solutions and engines for several market segments.
Cleantech Scandinavia: Since 2007 Cleantech Scandinavia has grown as the main Nordic network of investors active in cleantech.
Cleantech Inn Sweden: Cleantech Inn Sweden is the country's only incubator for environmental technology exclusively.
Ocean wave energy: Seabased AB develops industrial solutions for sustainable conversion of ocean wave energy to electricity, thereby creating lasting value for consumers, customers, society and shareholders.
Energy from osmosis: The Norwegian company Statkraft opens the world’s first facility for osmotic power generation. Statkraft says a full-scale commercial osmotic power plant could be ready by 2015.
Energy from osmosis: The Norwegian company Statkraft opens the world’s first facility for osmotic power generation. Statkraft says a full-scale commercial osmotic power plant could be ready by 2015.
Reliable power supply from intermittent sources: By 2025, half the Danish electricity consumption will come from wind power. What challenges does that target put on the power grid?
Building the first full scale offshore floating wind turbine: StatoilHydro has decided to build the world’s first full scale floating wind turbine, Hywind, and test it over a two-year period offshore Karmøy.
Bio-oil for standard equipment: Ecoil provides bio heating oil that can be burnt in heating equipment made for fossil oils.
Norwegian Solar Energy Society: The Norwegian Solar Energy Society promotes the use of solar energy in Norway through education, research, technology development and marketing.
The Swedish Bioenergy Association: Svebio has played a central role in the development of bioenergy in Sweden. In the beginning Svebio provided a necessary network enabling commercial use of wood chips in district heating systems. Almost all actors in the bioenergy field including municipalities and politicians were involved in this network.
Norwegian District Heating Association: The Norwegian District Heating Association promotes district heating, when based on renewable sources.
Danish District Heating Association: The Danish District Heating Association has a vision of having decisive influence on Danish energy policy and to maintain the leading position of district heating.
Swedish District Heating Association: The Swedish District Heating Association is working to make the district heating industry an obvious, growing part of an sustainable energy future.
The Bioenergy Association of Finland: The Bioenergy Association of Finland promotes the use of bioenergy by influencing energy policy and improving the business and R&D network through active dissemination of information.
Cleantech Finland: Environmental technology can be Finland's next success story. The Cleantech Cluster helps Finnish cleantech companies to establish contacts with international markets.
World’s first tidal power turbine: StatoilHydro is a joint owner of the world’s first tidal power turbine delivering electricity to the onshore grid. Through the ownership in Hammerfest Strøm AS, they contribute to development of technology for production of energy from tidal currents.
SINTEF: The SINTEF Group is the largest independent research organisation in Scandinavia.
Oslo Centre for Interdisciplinary Environmental and Social Research - CIENS: Oslo Centre for Interdisciplinary Environmental and Social Research is a strategic research collaboration between independent research institutes and the University of Oslo.
Building materials trap solar heat: Solarnor was among the first companies to introduce an integrated solar system made from plastic.
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU: The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is Norway’s premier academic institution for technology and the natural sciences.
KTH - Royal Institute of Technology: KTH has extensive international research and educational exchange programmes with universities and colleges, mainly in Europe, the USA and Australia, but also increasingly in Asia.
Nordic energy cooperation: There is a long and successful tradition of Nordic cooperation in the energy sector. The Nordic energy cooperation is expected to play a strong and active role in the development of Nordic and European energy policies.
Chalmers: Chalmers in particular wishes to develop and strengthen the research in the fields of bioscience, information technology, environmental science and nanotechnology.
Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies: The objective of the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies is to strengthen the basis for decision-making in public and private organisations.
Finnish wind Power Association: Finland is among the world's leaders within wind power technology. Finnish industry manufacturers all the key components, including generators, gears, steel for the towers, fiber glass reinforcements for the blades, and also ice-free wind sensors and anti-icing systems for blades in arctic wind turbines.
Norwegian Wind Energy Association: The Norwegian Wind Energy Association is working to utilize Norway's large wind resources.
Danish Wind Industry Association: The Danish Wind Industry Association (DWIA) is a non-profit association whose purpose is to promote wind energy both in Denmark and abroad.
NordSESIL - sustainable energy in isolated areas: The NordSESIL network is assisting communities in isolated areas of the Nordic Region to improve their access to more sustainable energy solutions.
SunFlake develops NanoFlakes: SunFlake is developing a new generation of solar cells based on a novel shape of semiconductor nanostructures - NanoFlakes.
Enabling renewable energy transmission: ABB provides all sorts of supplies to enable the generation and transmission for remote hydro resources as well as generation and transmission from remote wind farms. ABB is also a large supplier of equipment for solar energy.
Flexible Heating Solutions: CTC develops, designs and manufactures heating solutions for the international market, and offers the most comprehensive range of heat pumps and heating boilers.
High performance solar wafers: NorSun is a Norwegian solar energy company that manufactures and markets high performance mono-crystalline silicon ingots and wafers.
Global supplier of wind power technology: Morphic has a wide and deep technological know- how and product range in wind power.
The Nordic grid with energy from wind farms: The main objective in the project is to develop models for studying the implications of operating the Nordic grid with a large amount of the electric power and energy coming from wind farms.
Innovative pretreatment of Nordic wood for fuel-ethanol: The main objective of this project is to develop new pretreatment techniques that will reduce the overall production costs for fuel-ethanol from Nordic lignocelluloses biomass.
Biomass and waste conversion to fuels, heat and power: The Graduate School aims at providing the basic scientific and technical knowledge to solve problems related to conversion of biofuels.
The Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy: Folkecenter intends to achieve measurable increases in the utilisation of renewable energy technologies and thereby significant reductions in environmental pollution associated with energy use.
Nordic Centre of Excellence in Photovoltaics (PV): The centre will strengthen the already formed Nordic R&D network and develop it into a centre of excellence effectively serving the fast-growing and demanding Nordic PV industry.
Pure dedication to offshore wind power: NorWind is 100 percent focused on offshore wind energy and offers a one-stop shop for design, fabrication and installation of fixed offshore foundations, as well as installation of turbines.
Nordic Energy Perspectives: Nordic Energy Perspectives (NEP) is an interdisciplinary Nordic energy research project with the overall goal of demonstrating means for stronger and sustainable growth and development in the Nordic countries.
Solar heating for a Nordic climate: Aquasol offers a Swedish solar heating system for detached housing, apartment buildings and other larger building.
Innovative solutions for waste and biomass combustion: NextGenBioWaste will demonstrate innovative solutions in large scale systems for waste and biomass combustion for the entire supply chain from fuel via conversion to ash treatment and use.
Solar cooling: ClimateWell has developed a triple phase absorption product with the unique ability to store energy and deliver cooling on demand.
Second generation bioethanol: Biogasol is successfully producing second generation biofuel.
Zero emission living area: The Skaftkärr project strives for a total elimination of carbon dioxide emissions from the area's residential housing.
Zero emission living area: The Skaftkärr project strives for a total elimination of carbon dioxide emissions from the area's residential housing.
A unique ethanol pilot plant in Örnsköldsvik: The Ethanol Pilot plant is a unique plant which has continued to receive a great deal of international attention since its opening in 2004.
Renewable energy in sparsely populated areas: Peripheral regions, sparsely populated areas and some mountainous zones and islands often face an accumulation of disadvantages due to problems relating to their remoteness, relative small size in the case of islands, their distance from economic and social centres, higher infrastructure costs, and, in some cases, harsh climatic conditions.
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.
Innovative geothermal power solutions: KAPS Kaldara Power Systems are container based geothermal units that can operate stand-alone and are also capable of working together in geothermal power farms.
World leader in geothermal energy: Reykjavik Energy (Orkuveita Reykjavikur) has consolidated their leadership over the past 60 years by supplying a large portion of the Icelandic population with geothermal water for domestic heating and by gradually developing new steam fields for power production.
Tailored solutions in the geothermal energy sector: Enex specializes in the development of geothermal potential for electrical generation and direct use.
Växjö Värnamo Biomass Gasification Centre: Växjö Värnamo Biomass Gasification Centre (VVBGC) is an R&D centre inviting interested parties to initiate and/or take part in collaborative research and demonstration projects.
Dong Bioenergy site in northern Zealand: The Danish energy company DONG is building its second generation bioethanol plant in northern Zealand, Denmark.
"One-stop-shop" solar power: Solkraft provides professional services and products to the international photovoltaic market. The company is a “one stop” opportunity for companies who want to develop large scale ground or rooftop based solar photovoltaic power plants.
Turning seaweed into fuel: The Norwegian company Holmfjord is planning a pilot facility for seaweed fuel production.
Converting straw into electricity and ethanol: DONG Energy is at the vanguard of developing high-tech solutions that can convert agricultural residual products into propellants in the transport sector.
The next generation floating wind power plant: WindSea have launched the next generation of floating wind power plant. The WindSea triple turbine will help overcome some of the most important challenges of wind power production offshore.
West Coast Biorefinery: In January 2008 BioGasol, in collaboration with Pacific Ethanol Inc, was awarded a 24.3 million US dollar grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for design, construction and operation a «1/10 scale» cellulosic bioethanol plant. Pacific Ethanol is the largest West-Coast-based marketer and producer of ethanol.
BornBioFuel - BioGasol's European demonstration facility: BiolGasol works on a project for a demonstration plant for cellulosic bioethanol production in Denmark. The demonstration plant will be located in Aakirkeby on the island of Bornholm.
The West-Nordic project: Nordic Energy Research has studied different alternatives for distributed energy production systems for scarcely populated areas.
Low cost solar grade silicon: Elkem Solar produce high quality solar grade silicon at a lower cost, and with much less energy consumption and CO2-emissions.
The Development on the Nordic Electricity Market: All Nordic countries have liberalised their electricity markets.
Nordic cooperation on electricity: Nordel is the collaboration organisation of the Transmission System Operators (TSOs) of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Nordic Energy Regulators (NordReg): NordREG is a cooperative organization for Nordic regulatory authorities in the energy field. Our mission is to actively promote legal and institutional framework and conditions necessary for developing the Nordic and European electricity markets.
High energy pellets: Using steam Norsk Pellets produce compact pellets from wood using less energy than conventional methods.
Powering development: SN Power is a growing international renewable energy company with projects and operations in Asia, Africa and Latin America. We invest on commercial terms and are committed to social and environmental sustainability throughout our business.
DONG Energy: DONG Energy is one of Northern Europe’s leading energy groups. Their business is based on procuring, producing, distributing, trading and selling energy and related products in Northern Europe.
Statoil: Statoil is putting considerable effort into developing wind and wave power, bioenergy, hydrogen and other renewables. They aim to build a substantial business within sustainable and profitable biofuel production. In parallel, they wish to position for longer-term growth in low cost next-generation biofuel technology.
Fortum: Fortum is a leading energy company focusing on the Nordic countries, Russia and the Baltic Rim area. Their activities cover the generation, distribution and sale of electricity and heat and the operation and maintenance of power plants.
Vattenfall: Vattenfall generates electricity, produces heat and supplies energy to several million customers in the Nordic countries and northern Europe.
Orkuveita Reykjavíkur: Orkuveita Reykjavíkur provides electricity, geothermal water for heating, and cold water for consumption and fire fighting. Their service area extends to 20 communities, covering 67% of the Icelandic population.
High quality fuel from low quality wood: Xynergo will produce sustainable and competitive 2nd generation fuels for transportation and stationary applications utilizing woody biomass to abate our common climate change challenge.
Harvesting the waves, providing the future: Wave Energy is a technology business that develops, designs and provides unique solutions that utilize the enormous power in the waves to produce electricity. The company is acknowledged as one of the leading companies on wave power worldwide, constantly seeking further improvements on own designs and technology solutions.
Deep sea wind turbines: The Norwegian company SWAY AS is developing deep-water wind turbines that will be tested out off the island of Utsira.
Osmotic power pilot: The Norwegian company Statkraft is building the world’s first facility for osmotic power generation.
The Centre for Renewable Energy (SFFE): The Centre for Renewable Energy (SFFE) combines the competence of three major Norwegian institutions within the field of renewable energy and initiate innovative and pertinent research tasks. Research fields include small scale hydropower, wind, solar, wave, and bioenergy as well as the social dimensions of energy use.
Pioneering technology for wind turbine blades: New technology with new fibers defines a revolution in Danish wind power innovation.
The Geothermal Association of Iceland: The Geothermal Association of Iceland is working to make internationally known the ability and experience of Icelandic geothermal workers and entities.
Enzymes for biofuel production: Novozymes is the world's leading supplier of enzymes for the production of first generation bioethanol made from starch derived from corn and other grains.
Danish Solar Energy: Danish Solar Energy offer complete photovoltaic solutions either linked to the grid or stand alone systems for institutions, industrial applications and for private.
Wind measurement and analysis: Kjeller Vindteknikk AS is the leading company in wind measurements and analysis in Norway. The company helps clients create wind resource maps, find locations, perform wind measurements, analyse data and calculation energy production.
The nuts and bolts: AH Industries supplies hubs, shafts, bearing housings and base structures to all major manufacturers.
Experienced connection: Agrowind is developing wind turbine projects through out the European continent.
BENET Bioenergy Network: Benet Ltd is a Finnish expert company who markets and implements bioenergy expert services.
Wood Energy Net (Wenet): Wood Energy Net (Wenet) is a concept for the transfer of business models, technology and expertise from North Karelia to other parts of Europe and world wide. Inside the Wenet operates companies, research and training organizations from North Karelia and other parts of Finland as well as their partners abroad.
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland the biggest multitechnological applied research organisation in Northern Europe. VTT provides high-end technology solutions and innovation services.
Suppliers with world wide presence: LM Wind Power is the world’s leading component supplier to the wind turbine industry.
Harnessing the power of the waves: AW-Energy’s WaveRoller technology is set to leapfrog competing systems in terms of performance, cost, and environmental impact in enabling us to harness the power of the sea.
Floating wind mills: The SWAY system is a floating wind turbine for deep water offshore locations. It produces vast amounts of electricity which can be transport to land or to nearby offshore petroleum installations.
Teststation for wind turbines: Viva tests wind turbines for type approval, documentation and support for industrial development.
Planning wind power projects: To ensure the commercial viability of your investment, it is vital that the wind power project is correctly dimensioned and that its operation is stable.
Sustainable residential area in Finland: Ekoviikki in Helsinki is the largest sustainable residential area in Finland, demonstrating a range of environmental and energy concepts.
Sustainable residential area in Finland: Ekoviikki in Helsinki is the largest sustainable residential area in Finland, demonstrating a range of environmental and energy concepts.
Enzymes for sustainable biofuel: Biofuels from lesser quality raw materials will be possible with the use of enzymes.
Wind power stored as hydrogen: Norsk Hydro's wind power and hydrogen storage demonstration facility is located at Utsira off the southwestern coast of Norway.
Improving windpower performance: Chapdrive is developing an innovative hydraulic transmission for wind turbines that will enable lower weight and more cost efficient wind turbines by reducing weight in the nacelle, simplify installation and reduce operation and maintenance cost.
The Finnish energy technology competence cluster (OSKE): The Finnish energy technology competence cluster has reached a strong position in the internationally growing areas of energy technology.
CLEEN Ltd.: CLEEN Ltd is a completely new way to organize the energy and environmental research in Finland. It is designed to bring focus and industry lead to the research.
The Danish Technological Institute: The Danish Technological Institute develop, apply and disseminate research- and technologically-based knowledge for the Danish business sector.
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy: Risø is the Danish National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy at the Technical University of Denmark - DTU. Risø's hallmarks are large strategic research and development projects.
Renewable Energy Network (VE-Net): Renewable Energy Network (VE-Net) is an innovative network related to energy and funded by the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
Oslo Renewable Energy and Environment Cluster (OREEC): OREEC is facilitating cooperation between industry, research, education and public authorities, and the aim is to increase the commercial opportunities of the companies.
Reliable low speed turbines: WinWinD supplies wind turbines based on the low speed technology. The most significant benefits obtained have been operating reliability and high availability.
Small scale wind solutions: Eagle Windpower Ltd. develops and manufactures nanotechnology-based wind turbine blades and turbines for small wind power enterprices.
High quality solar cell panels: PV Enterprise is a Swedish company specializing in the development and manufacture of solar cell panels. With its innovative, high quality products and highly automated production, PV Enterprise is a successful competitor in the international, fast growing solar energy market.
Wind farm operations software: Based on nearly two decades of development of fact based operations management software (OMS) for the oil & gas and process industry, Baze Technology is revolutionising how wind power companies can operate all elements in a wind farm value chain.
Cable entry solutions: With the Roxtec sealing system for cables and pipes, the wind power industry has a standardised safety solution for maximum operational reliability.
Statkraft: Statkraft is the largest generator of renewable energy in Europe. Statkraft develops and generates hydropower, wind power and district heating, and is a major player on the European energy exchanges.
Danish research programmes: Denmark has a solid portofolio of programmes for public funding of energy research, development and demonstration.
Distribution pipe connecting district heating grids in Oslo: Hafslund Fjernvarme in Oslo is connecting different district heating grids to improve the system's efficiency.
Distribution pipe connecting district heating grids in Oslo: Hafslund Fjernvarme in Oslo is connecting different district heating grids to improve the system's efficiency.
Sustainable municipalities in Sweden: Swedish municipalities bring their work on energy and the environment one step further in co-operation with the Swedish Energy Agency.
Action Programme for Nordic Cooperation on Energy Policy: The Action Programme is the key element of the vision for the Nordic Energy Co-operation by the Nordic energy ministers.

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