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Why Scandinavia is the Perfect Proving Ground for Electric Planes

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Category: Airline / Travel

Small airports with short runways, an established short-haul network and experience with electrification of transport makes Scandinavia and the Nordic countries an obvious place for electric aircraft to thrive. Despite the year-long crisis for the aviation industry caused by the coronavirus pandemic, airlines in the Nordic region have reaffirmed long-term commitments to exploring electric aviation. […]

Source: Forbes


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Norway Readies First Offshore Wind Tenders to Spur Oil Industry Transition

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Norway will press ahead with North Sea wind power this year, awarding its first development licences as it spurs the transition of its oil and gas industry and despite its already plentiful renewables supply. The government has earmarked two areas in the North Sea for up to 4.5 gigawatts of floating and bottom-fixed wind turbine […]

Source: Nasdaq


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Norway’s Central Bank Looks Beyond Covid-19

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Norway’s central bank has signaled that it plans to take the plunge by making the country the first developed nation to shift from pandemic-era policy and raise interest rates by the end of the year. The oil-rich country’s central bank, Norges Bank, said Thursday that a faster-than-expected pickup in global economic activity coupled with notable […]

Source: The Wall Street Journal


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Intensifying Negotiations on Transatlantic Data Privacy Flows

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On March 25, 2021, EU Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, made the following statement regarding the negotiations on transatlantic data privacy flows: “The U.S. Government and the European Commission have decided to intensify negotiations on an enhanced EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework to comply with the July 16, 2020 judgment of […]

Source: The European Commission


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Biden Administration Launches Major Push to Expand Offshore Wind Power

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The White House on Monday detailed an ambitious plan to expand wind farms along the East Coast and jump-start the country’s nascent offshore wind industry, saying it hoped to trigger a massive clean-energy effort in the fight against climate change. The plan would generate 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by the end of the […]

Source: The Washington Post


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