At their summit in Iceland, environment ministers from the Nordic region stressed in a public statement that “The Nordic Region must show the way and act as a global pioneer in climate-friendly technology.” But this doesn’t mean that business has to lose out during the transition to more earth-friendly technology.
“Climate-friendly technology is in great demand. Long-term investments are needed to turn the economy around. We need to promote green growth. The climate will benefit and green investments will also generate growth and create jobs,” the ministers said, according to the Norway Post.
The Nordic Region is already one of the world’s pioneers in this field. More than 60 percent of the region’s electricity is produced from renewable sources, but the ministers pointed out that increased investment in research and development coupled with innovations in climate-friendly technology could open up even more markets to future business revenue.
The meeting’s decision to allow the Nordic Development Fund to allocate aid for climate-friendly projects in developing nations was applauded by the ministers. This move is seen as very significant in the build up to the huge climate summit set to take place in Copenhagen this winter. They hope their own initiative will inspire other nations to follow suit.
Other important developments at the Iceland meeting include a report on ways to better manage and protect marine areas, as well as the decision between ministers to work more closely in the promotion of co-operation between international conventions concerning biodiversity.
Looks like they are going to get some help, on funding anyway, from the world community with the new Summit.
stop writing nosense. You want to avoid negotiations at home so you prefer to re-direct your hatred torwards North. Or maybe you feel like a victim (did Nordics rape you? or worse?)….
If you wanna live in a free place without barbarism, start to develop your own future along with your fellas. (‘actual’ Spain is rather new, and it have done good in few decades while mine knows decline only – since 1946 -)
I don’t think you must argue/complain all day long, those deeds belong to us :( And remember many humans aren’t so lucky as you, me either, think about ….
I have collected some useful URLs regarding Energy Production across Scandinavia:
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12970769
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_energy_market
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Iceland
http://www.ens.dk/graphics/UK_Facts_Figures/Statistics/yearly_statistics/2007/energy%20statistics%202007%20uk.pdf
> Gus
DON´T NEED TO MOVE OUT, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SAME CONTAINERS THAT I USE IN SPAIN, SO I CAN THROW MY RUBBISH IN A SEPARATED AND CIVILIZED WAY.
Do you live in a container and want a second one for the garbage?
@SIR EURO
I have middle age disgusting thinking? So does that make your thinking the naive infantile thinking of the entitled young generation? Talk to your Amma or someone else’s about the old days and what it takes to survive the inevitable.
The teeny tiny nation of Iceland has done some innovative and brave things towards a better planet. Of course they could do more but they have done a lot already. Let’s hope that economic issues don’t stop the trend.
Funny how those ‘disgusting’ piles of trash are powering the garbage trucks, taxis, and a few cars with methane.
How’s your compost pile? yeah, didn’t think so.
This is a crisis/kreppa of luxury. If that makes you so bitter then **** off.
The Vikings and Huldufolk will get through this, with or without the ignorant internet trolls.
AXEL!! THERE ARE ONLY A FEW BUSES IN ICELAND THAT OPERATE WITH HIDROGEN-METANE. SOME MONTHS AGO IT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPERS THEY WERE CONSIDERING TO QUIT THE HIDROGEN PROJECT.
THEY HAD MANY PLANS FOR THE HIDROGEN THING, NOW, AFTER SO MANY YEARS, IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN A 10%. THE PROJECT FAILED, THEY TALK ABOUT IT, BUT 99% OF THE ICELANDIC BUSES, THAT DRIVE INSIDE THE CITY ( OR TOWN) OF REYKJAVÍK AND ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, ARE POWERED BY GAS-OIL.
AND NOW, GO AND CHECK HOW OLD THOSE BUSES ARE. A BUS DRIVER TOLD ME THAT 70% OF THE ICELANDIC BUSES ARE AT LEAST 10-20 YEARS OLD.
SO THAT IS THE REALITY OF ICELAND.
Clean solar energy from Sahara could one day provide electricity to Europe
by William Atkins
Thursday, 24 July 2008
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The European Union is considering a giant energy project in which enormous numbers of solar panels and arrays would be placed in the sunny desert of North Africa’s Sahara to provide enough electricity for all the power needs of Europe. All it would take would be vast sums of money, labor, and time.
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19610/1154/
OYSTEN, SO A COMPANY OWNED BY NORWEGIANS HAVE PUT A FACTORY IN SINGAPORE TO FABRIC PANELS FOR SOLAR ENERGY. NICE.
BUT PLEASE, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT HAS YOUR ARTICLE TO DO WITH THE SCANDINAVIAN REALITY OF THE VERY POLUTING NUCLEAR STATIONS AND THE BURNING OF OIL IN YOUR COUNTRY TO PRODUCE ENERGY??
PLEASE HELP ME, BECAUSE I DON´T GET IT…
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS IF SCANDINAVIAN GOVERNMENTS ARE LEADING OR NOT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RENOVABLE ENERGIES, AND AS EVERYONE KNOWS, AT LEAST THE HALF OF YOUR ENERGY IS FROM NUCLEAR CENTRALS ( DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE URANIUM AND ALL THE NUCLEAR WASTE GOES?? ) AND A HUGE REST IS PRODUCED BY BURNING OIL AND GAS… SO PLEASE, SCANDINAVIAN NATIONS ARE LEADERS IN THE PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR WASTE, NOT IN THE RENOVABLE ENERGIES..
THE SCANDINAVIAN POPULATION SHOULD SPEAK OUT FOR THIS AND CHANGE IT, INSTEAD THAT BELIEVING THAT YOUR COUNTRIES ARE CLEAN BECAUSE YOU HAVE A SOLAR PANEL PRODUCTION IN SINGAPORE….
WAKE UP!!
VIKINGSON: “MOVE OUT!! please leave then. If it is so good on the other side of the tracks (oops, no tracks in Iceland) then please go.”
I DON´T NEED TO MOVE OUT, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SAME CONTAINERS THAT I USE IN SPAIN, SO I CAN THROW MY RUBBISH IN A SEPARATED AND CIVILIZED WAY.
JUST KNOWING THAT I HAVE TO PUT ALL MY RUBBISH TOGETHER IN A CONTAINER AND THEN THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PRESS IT AND MAKE MOUNTAINS OF RUBBISH THAT YOU SIMPLY BURN OR COVER WITH EARTH… IT IS SO DISGUSTING REALLY, SPECIALLY WHEN IT RAINS AND THE WATER GOES THROW ALL THAT **** AND THEN INTO THE RIVERS AND THE PURE WATER YOU SAY YOU DRINK IN ICELAND…
YOU VIKINGSON JUST SHOW HOW REDUCED IS THE AVERAGE ICELANDIC MENTALITY, YOU CANNOT SPEAK OUT FOR THIS THINGS TO CHANGE, YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT THEM AS THEY ARE OR LEAVE!! THAT IS THE ICELANDIC MENTALITY. NO WONDER THAT A FEW PEOPLE IN ICELAND REALLY CARES FOR SPEAKING OUT AND WHEN THEY DO THEY ARE SYSTEMATICALLY SILENCED BY PEOPLE LIKE YOU… SO IT IS LIKE A FEW SPEAKING OUT AND THE LAMBS WATCHING AND DOING NOTHING.. AND IF THEY SAY SOMETHING IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY: GO, MOVE OUT OF ICELAND..
WHAT A MIDDLE AGE MENTALITY REALLY, TOTALLY A SHAME, I DON´T EVEN KNOW HOW CAN YOU WRITE SOMETHING LIKE THAT..
DISGUSTING.
I JUST WANT THIS COUNTRY TO TAKE DECISIVE STEPS, I MISS CIVILIZATION AND DEMOCRACY HERE A LOT..
this is a link to the Hydrogen station built in 03
http://www.hydro.com/en/Press-room/News/Archive/2003/April/16317/
Gus “AND HERE IN ICELAND WE HAVE TO GO AROUND MOSTLY IN 30 YEAR OLD ( OR EVEN OLDER) USED BUSES FROM GERMANY, THAT ARE VERY CONTAMINATING… DISGUSTING”
the first hydrogen fuel station in the world :)
back in 2003
http://www.norden.org/webb/news/news.asp?lang=6&
id=2815
hydrogen fuel station in Reykjavík
http://www.newenergy.is/is/myndasafn/vetnisstodin/
Hydrogen buses in Iceland,
http://www.newenergy.is/is/myndasafn/vetnisvagnar/
http://www.newenergy.is/is/myndasafn/ectos_saga/
metan buses
http://www.metan.is/user/pictures/0/61/87/
looks like buses in Iceland run on everything but Diesel :)
http://www.metan.is/user/pictures/0/61/86/
Oslo is using metan for all buses and garbage trucks
http://www.avfallnorge.no/avfall_norge_site/forside/oslo_inngaar_samarbeid_med_aga_om_distribusjon_av_biogass
Sweden is changing all buses in the country from diesel to metan, a huge project.
http://www.metan.is/user/news/view/0/231
Check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVv0NVLFPig
http://www.natturan.is
> Gus. “SO I REALLY LAUGH WITH THE “LEADING” ATTITUDE OF SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES. PLEASE TAKE A TRIP AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD AND TRY TO LEARN SOMETHING. ”
We like to travel ;-)
There is at least some Norwegian companies that have traveled around:
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2007/11/singapore-site-of-new-1-5-gw-solar-manufacturing-complex-50475
http://www.recgroup.com/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=463
Has SIR BIGFONT said something racist, Vikingisson? I’m asking as I don’t read him. But if he did – this is not a surprise.
Back to topic – Iceland should invest in technologies that allow “storage” of electricity in the form/weight format of 20′ and 40′ containers. If you can charge such “battery” with the same amount of electricity as can be produced by generators using same volume/weight of carbon fuel – then it could be a very “green” solution for small remote places all over the world. Container logistics is among best developed in the world as containers are handled and moved in millions. So charge such “batteries” in Iceland, ship them anywhere around globe, bring back discharged ones (instead of moving and burning oil and coal).
..”WAKE UP!!”…
MOVE OUT!! please leave then. If it is so good on the other side of the tracks (oops, no tracks in Iceland) then please go.
Now I’m reading comments that border on racism. I’m blond and blue eyed but one daughter of mine has brown hair. I guess she can’t be called a Viking and is not worthy anymore. Good thing I don’t judge and entire country by the idiots that seem to make the most noise.
I love the solar initiative in Spain but I also love the geothermal of Iceland. And the methane from garbage. and the…… everyone can do their part.
Healthy criticism about the things you hold dear is a good thing but I don’t see any positive thoughts coming from certain people. Rather tiring.
I AM STILL WAITING TO SEE IN ICELAND THOSE CONTAINERS CLOSE TO HOME IN THE STREET WHERE YOU CAN THROW YOUR GLAS, PLASTIC, PAPER, ETC.. IN DIFFERENT CONTAINERS. I WENT TO CANARY ISLANDS LAST SUMMER AND THEY ARE EVERYWHERE… ALSO THE BUSES IN SPAIN AND ALL THE TRANSPORTATION GETTING SO CLEAN… AND HERE IN ICELAND WE HAVE TO GO AROUND MOSTLY IN 30 YEAR OLD ( OR EVEN OLDER) USED BUSES FROM GERMANY, THAT ARE VERY CONTAMINATING… DISGUSTING.. MANY OF THE CARS YOU SEE AROUND IN ICELAND WOULDN´T BE ALLOWED IN SPAIN JUST BECAUSE OF HOW POLLUTING THEY ARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT…
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO WITH MOST OF THE RUBBISH IN ICELAND? GO TO AKUREYRI, GO TO MANY PLACES IN ICELAND, THEY BURN THE RUBBISH OR THEY JUST GRAVE IT MAKING BIG MOUNTAINS AND THEN PUT LAND ON IT.. SO DISGUSTING AND POLLUTING…
AND YOU ARE GOING TO LEAD US TO WHERE PLEASE??
HAHAHAHAHAH ;-) PLEASE, DON´T MAKE ME LAUGH SO MUCH BECAUSE I AM GOING TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK SOME DAY OF SO MUCH LAUGHING…
The Nordic Region is already one of the world’s pioneers in this field. More than 60 percent of the region’s electricity is produced from renewable sources
50% OF THE SCANDINAVIAN ENERGY IS NUCLEAR ENERGY. SOME MORE NUCLEAR STATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN FINLAND FOR EXAMPLE.
SCANDINAVIA IS NOT GOING TO LEAD ANYONE ANYWHERE, SPECIALLY IN ECOLOGIC MATTERS. PIONEERS IN RENOVABLE ENERGY ARE COUNTRIES LIKE SPAIN WITH THE INAUGURATION OF THE BIGGEST SOLAR-THERMAL STATION OF THE WORLD IN SOUTH OF SPAIN. ALSO THE WIND ENERGY NET IS THE BIGGEST IN EUROPE IN SPAIN.
“Solar Energy in Spain
Spain forges ahead with plans to build concentrating solar power plants, establishing the country and Spanish companies as world leaders in the emerging field. At the same time, the number of installed photovoltaic systems is growing exponentially, and researchers continue to explore new ways to promote and improve solar power. This is the seventh in an eight-part series highlighting new technologies in Spain and is produced by Technology Review, Inc.’s custom-publishing division in partnership with the Trade Commission of Spain.”
http://www.technologyreview.com/microsites/spain/solar/index.aspx
“Spain added 1.7 million kilowatts of capacity in 2008, followed by Germany at 1.5 million kilowatts. The United States lagged behind in a distant third place at 300,000 kilowatts, followed by Japan with only 240,000 kilowatts. The news is disappointing for Japan, but it should be equally as distressing for the United States, which continues to show only slow improvements year to year.
The big difference between the top two countries and the U.S. and Japan appears to be public policy. In Germany and Spain, power companies are required to make long term purchases of renewable energy at uniform prices. Although similar requirements exist in the U.S. and Japan, they are so small that they lead to policy failure, which in turn prompts legislators to be apprehensive when it comes to strengthening those policies”
SO I REALLY LAUGH WITH THE “LEADING” ATTITUDE OF SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES. PLEASE TAKE A TRIP AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD AND TRY TO LEARN SOMETHING. GO TO SPAIN AND EXPERIENCE THE MOST EXTENSIVE NET OF POST-MODERN SPEED TRAINS, AND SO ON
GO TO VALENCIA AND BARCELONA, CHECK THE WEB PAGES OF UNIVERSITIES ALL AROUND SPAIN AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY THERE, SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES ARE LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM THAT… I THINK THAT SCANDINAVIAN SOCIETIES, SPECIALLY ICELAND LIVE ON OLD DREAMS OF A SCANDINAVIA OF THE WELFARE THAT IS A MODEL FOR THE WORLD… THAT HAS CHANGED A LOT DURING THE LAST 20 YEARS…
WAKE UP!!
Hasn’t Norway increased electricity prices for selling more power to Netherlands ? Maybe I may be wrong (misreading)….
How Iceland will think of the environment when the money is running out?
Source: http://grapevine.is/Home/ReadArticle/Unemployment-Fund-Running-Out
The Nordic Region is already one of the world’s pioneers in this field. More than 60 percent of the region’s electricity is produced from renewable sources
That’s not true.
Dutch people was using pure green energy sources 100% for centuries – wind and water mils :-)
I might be in the bad mood today, but why the hel* these politicians are talking about “world pioneers”? It is a pure economics that drives Nordic countries to “green” energy – in Iceland and Norway in particular. The cost to ship coal to heat Reykjavik all year round – the only factor that pushed Iceland to turn on geothermal and hydro stations.