Sweden’s Government Approves Construction of Spent Nuclear Fuel Repository 

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 05:14:00 +0000

Sweden’s government in late January gave radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) the green light to proceed with a deep geological repository (DGR) for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) at a site near Vattenfall’s 3.2-GW Forsmark nuclear power plant. The milestone, which wraps up a planning process that has taken more than 40 years, makes Sweden only the second country, after Finland, to take active steps on building a permanent SNF repository.

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Blueprint Underway for Commercial Mine Energy Storage Facility in Sweden 

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 05:13:00 +0000

A blueprint for what could become the world’s first commercial underground mine storage facility has garnered financial backing from Swedish Mining Innovation.

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EVs Are Taking Over The World

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 01:46:35 +0000

EVs are taking over the world, and if you need proof of this, just look at the sales numbers

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105 Cities Have Made The Global CDP 2019 “A” List For Climate Action

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:30:33 +0000

The increase in CDP A-list cities from 43 in 2018 to 105 in 2019 is encouraging. More climate action is being taken globally at more levels of government than ever before

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Fossil Fuel Vehicles Plummet 40% In Sweden As EVs Triple To Over 30% Market Share

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 04:36:22 +0000

January saw fossil fuel passenger vehicle sales plummet in Sweden by almost 40% year on year, with diesels more than halved, as plug-in vehicle market share climbed to over 30%. Sweden’s auto industry organization expects 30% to be maintained through the full year of

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Malmö, Sweden Goes Electric With An Order For 60 Fully Electric Buses From Volvo

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 23:00:56 +0000

Volvo electric busVolvo is making a significant dent in transit emissions in its home country of Sweden with the announcement that it has received an order for 60 fully electric articulated buses from the transit operator in Malmö, Sweden

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Sweden Takes Another Step Toward Freedom From Fossil Fuels

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 03:00:35 +0000

Gasoline and diesel vehicle bans became all the rage for a while a few years ago. One country after another announced plans or potential plans to stop selling fossil fuel vehicles by a certain year — 2030, 2040,

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