Mining Company LKAB in Northern Sweden Gets Approval for Green Shift Work The Swedish National Audit Office approves the mining company LKAB's work on the green transformation of its operations. Whether the initiative is profitable is still uncertain.
Challenging Situation for the Swedish Forest Industry The combination of high costs and low demand is hitting Swedish sawmills, pulp, and paper producers hard. Increased trade barriers are also creating uncertainty for the industry.
Steel Producer Receives Billion Grant for Green Transformation in Northern Sweden The Swedish steel producer SSAB has been granted SEK 1.45 billion for the green transformation of its Luleå operations. The steel plant in the Northern Swedish city currently accounts for Sweden's largest carbon emission.
Swedish LKAB Postpones Fossil-Free Sponge Iron Production in Arctic Kiruna The Swedish state-owned mining company LKAB has decided to slow the transition to fossil-free sponge iron production in the Northern Swedish town of Kiruna. The new plan will reduce the company's enormous electricity needs.
Plans to Create Hydrogen Solutions in Narvik to Cut Maritime Emissions Likely Put On Hold The company TECO 2030 is NOK 400 million away from initiating a full-scale production of hydrogen-based fuel cells in Narvik, Northern Norway. CEO Tore Enger says the money market in Norway is "dry" for both public and private capital. He is turning his gaze toward the US and India.
Mass Redundancies at the Battery Producer Northvolt in Sweden 1,600 people are losing their jobs in Northvolt in Sweden. The company announced a downsizing earlier this month.
Financial Struggles for Battery Producer: Closing Parts of Factory in Northern Sweden Battery producer Northvolt has had to implement drastic measures due to its financial situation. It is announcing, among other things, layoffs and the closure of parts of the factory in Northern Sweden.
Fossil-Free Steel Production in Northern Sweden: The Hybrit Project Goes Industrial The Swedish Hybrit project, aiming for fossil-free iron and steel production, is now moving into the next phase in which the process will be implemented in an industrial scale. The end report after six years of research was delivered this week.
High North News’ Food Column Recommends: Greenwashed Castles in the Air on the Menu Commentary: Nutritional advice is in vogue, and High North News is partaking in the trend. Currently, greenwashed castles in the air are recommended as part of the High North diet.
H2 Green Steel Secures Loans of SEK 48 Billion for Northern Sweden Steel Plant The steel company H2 Green Steel has secured debt financing of SEK 48 billion for what could be the world's first large-scale green steel plant in Boden, Northern Sweden.
Fossil-Free Sponge Iron for the Steel Industry: Receives SEK 3 Billion for Plants in Northern Sweden Mining company LKAB and the Hybrit project will receive SEK 3.1 billion from the Swedish Energy Agency. This will go towards building a demonstration plant in Gällivare, Northern Sweden, to produce fossil-free sponge iron for the steel industry. The facility has the potential to reduce Swedish CO2 emissions by approx. 1.8 million tonnes per year.
Freyr Battery Ventures in the US, Delays in Norway While awaiting the Norwegian government's response to the US support package for green industries, Freyr proceeds with the development of Giga Arctic at a measured pace. The battery company informs that they will now develop Giga America in parallel with Giga Arctic.
Industrial Adventure in Northern Sweden: Investments of Over SEK 1000 Billion in the Coming Years The spectacular green industrialization that is currently taking place in Northern Sweden illustrates the possibility of action against climate change – and has turned prejudice against the northern region on its head, says Peter Larsson, the Swedish government's special coordinator, to HNN.
Sweden Chooses the Northern Swedish City Kiruna For Major EU Meeting From January, Sweden will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In the middle of the month, the entire EU Commission, the Swedish government, and the Swedish royal couple are expected in Kiruna, Northern Sweden for the first major meeting of the presidency.
Not in My Back Yard: What Society Needs, but No-One Wants to Live Next To “We want mobile phones, but no mines. We want electricity, but not to live next to windmills. We want the end product, but it should not be produced where we live”, says Elisabeth Gammelsæter. Now, she has written a book about the NIMBY phenomenon; Not in My Back Yard.
Confirms Investment of USD 1.7 Billion in Battery Gigafactory in Northern Norway Freyr Battery confirms the construction of a battery gigafactory in Mo i Rana, Northern Norway. The Norwegian Government will support Freyr with NOK 4 billion, the Minister of Trade and Industry announced as he presented Norway's new battery strategy in Mo Industrial Park.
Norway Against the Flow with Oil Drilling in the Arctic “Using such large resources on opening fossil reserves that the world’s climate cannot take is completely insane”, says Truls Gulowen, Leader of Friends of the Earth Norway, about the Equinor plans about drilling for oil on the Wisting field.
Norwegian Climate Minister: The Foundation for Norwegian High North Policy is Radically Changed “The Green Shift will be the new engine in the Arctic”, says Norwegian Climate and Environment Minister Espen Barth Eide (Labor). Now, the Norwegian government directs its eyes towards cooperation with the EU and wants to enter into dialogue about the EU’s ban on exploiting oil and gas in the Arctic.
Alcoa Mosjøen Makes Large-Scale Investment in the Green Shift Alcoa Mosjøen’s new induction oven is to recycle aluminum waste only using renewable energy. The de-carbonization project will save annual emissions equaling those of 1,000 fossil fuel cars.
When The State Undermines Northern Industrial Initiatives Commentary: Equinor struggles to find out how to use its overwhelming profits. That does not keep the Norwegian state from continuing to subsidize the company both through direct support as well as free access to electric power.
Testing One of the World’s First Carbon Capturing Facilities for Smelters in Nordland, Norway Chinese-owned Elkem and Aker Carbon Capture want to test one of the world’s first carbon capturing facilities on emissions from smelters in Mo i Rana, Northern Norway.
