]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/finland Blog Articles Tagged with 'finland' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/151130?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Yesterday we saw how the nuclear reactor builders in the US can t or won t launch new projects without government loan guarantees. We also saw how the loan guarantee system actually financially penalises the government should important decisions ab... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/151130?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:06:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/151141?rsstype=tag&tag=finland There s a very interesting (if biased towards the nuclear industry) film on the BBC s website about the decommissioning programme at the UK s Sellafield nuclear facility. The work, as you d expect, is complex and fraught with dangers. No timesca... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/151141?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:59:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/149465?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, FiskerWhile Tesla Motors has been scrambling just to stay solvent in recent weeks, arch-rival Fisker Automotive seems to be streaming ahead. Fisker just opened a Michigan engineering facility a few days ago and the st... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/149465?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:30:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/149239?rsstype=tag&tag=finland So just what exactly is going on with the troubled construction of the state of the art EPR reactor in Flamanville, France? Just when will the reactor be operational? There seems to be some disagreement on the matter.The CEO of Areva, one of the part... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/149239?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:38:48 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/148752?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Greenpeace Finland protesters targeting the other end of the palm oil chain, photo: Greenpeace FinlandI'm not entirely sure that this is the type of civil disobedience Al Gore was talking about at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting back in Septem... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/148752?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:03:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/148659?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Even away from its culture of cover-up and lack of transparency in its dealings, the nuclear industry is one wrapped in riddles, mystery, and wonder. The unanswered questions stretch on as far as the eye can see. Tom Burke, of the London Sustainable ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/148659?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:35:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/147823?rsstype=tag&tag=finland On Wednesday we brought you the news that the Turkish government had begun plans for a second nuclear reactor despite its plan for a first being an total and abject failure.Now we hear that Finland - home to the disaster-prone, three years behind sch... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/147823?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:30:33 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/147433?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Estonia-based Eesti Energia and Finland-based Outotec will form a joint venture for the development and marketing of environmentally sustainable and economically viable oil shale processing methods.Estonia, which, like the other countries in the Balt... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/147433?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:50:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/146483?rsstype=tag&tag=finland More bad and almost unbelievable news has emerged from the ongoing and disastrous construction of the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) EPR reactor in Finland. In September when it found that the welding of the reactor s steel lining was substandard, the Finnish nu... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/146483?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:16:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/146484?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Finland's Olkiluoto power station was meant to symbolise the resurrection of nuclear power after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and to act as a showcase for Areva of France's new EPR reactor technology.[...]Instead, Olkiluoto has become a showcase for t... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/146484?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:11:58 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/146198?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Ten research institutes in the European Union (EU) have founded the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA). The EERA will be a key actor of the EU Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) and will contribute to accelerate the development of new ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/146198?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:36:58 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/144124?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy, European UnionFuture EV recharging networks? Plenty of them. Networks being built right now? Not that many. But thanks to our reader Antti, we found out that Finland's second largest city, Espoo, and t... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/144124?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:09:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/143323?rsstype=tag&tag=finland For a document consisting of over 400 pages, the environmental impact assessment for the new Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania is missing some very significant details. Prepared by P yry Energy Oy in Finland and the Lithuanian Energy Insti... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/143323?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:21:50 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/142504?rsstype=tag&tag=finland EU-15 greenhouse gas emissions and projections for the Kyoto period 2008 2012. Click to enlarge. Source: EEAThe EU-15 should meet its collective target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 8% for the period 2008 2012, according to a new report ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/142504?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:51:57 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/142117?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Things are going from bad to worse with the disastrous construction of Finland s Olkiluoto reactor. Despite the builders working six days a week and 24 hours a day , it has been announced that the reactor is now three years behind schedule. Inste... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/142117?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:23:45 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140472?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Earthfirst titles a post Nokia Cell Phone Made of Sustainably Harvested Wood , thinks it a lovely idea and quotes Cellphone Beat, which writes in Nokia goes green with wooden body phone This Nokia eco-friendly concept flaunts a wooden body made ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140472?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:25:53 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140663?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Earthfirst titles a post Nokia Cell Phone Made of Sustainably Harvested Wood , thinks it a lovely idea and quotes Cellphone Beat, which writes in Nokia goes green with wooden body phone This Nokia eco-friendly concept flaunts a wooden body made ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140663?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:25:53 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/140279?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Press Telegram: Doctor sounds alarm on risks of nuclear energy Nuclear power is a grave public health danger, far worse than tobacco. Over time, it will induce epidemics of cancer, leukemia and genetic disease in all future generations from the mas... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/140279?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:59:17 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/off-grid/138749?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Toni Tanskanen: not religious - spiritual I'm living in the countryside in a community in Southern Finland. We live in a 150-year-old log house. Our goal is to be as independent of society as possible. This is a life long project for me. We have now ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/off-grid/138749?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:36:21 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/138174?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Nuclear energy is truly a globalised industry. Countries and companies across the world share reactor designs, components, and construction techniques. Hand in hand with that, those countries also share design faults, component failures, and construc... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/138174?rsstype=tag&tag=finland Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:36:07 -0400