May saw plugin EVs take 94.9% share in Norway, up from 82.3% year on year. BEVs alone took 93.9% share. Overall auto volume was 14,260 units, up 39% YoY. The Tesla Model Y was the best-selling vehicle. May’s auto sales saw combined EVs take 94.9% share in Norway, comprising 93.9% … [continued]
How does the electric vehicle transition look from the inside? I recently discovered that I have a distant relative living in Norway, Greg Coombes. So, I messaged and emailed him with some questions. I was impressed by the fact that, for him, the EV transition was “normal.” Others, like me, … [continued]
California-based Aikido announces site agreement with METCentre in Norway for a 15MW demo project SAN FRANCISCO — Aikido Technologies, Inc. (Aikido), a floating offshore wind technology provider, announced this week that it has signed an agreement with Marin Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Haugesund, Norway, to deploy a first-of-its-kind 15MW … [continued]
Podbike, the Norwegian startup known for its futuristic 4-wheeled velomobile/e-bike, the Frikar, has officially filed for bankruptcy, bringing an end to a bold attempt at reimagining urban mobility. A Big Idea On A Tough Road Podbike set out to change how people get around cities. Its flagship product, the Frikar, … [continued]
An EV charging station startup aims to keep EV sales humming along, with an energy storage solution for DC fast charging.
There is more to the energy transition in Norway than meets the eye, with startups and legacy firms alike pushing the decarbonization envelope.
The April auto market saw plugin EVs take 97.4% share in Norway, up from 91.0% year on year. BEVs alone accounted for 97.0% of all new car registrations, with diesels taking half of the remainder (and 3x the number PHEVs). Total new passenger vehicle registrations for the month reached 11,286 … [continued]
Northern Lights, Europe’s flagship cross-border carbon capture and storage project, is now ready to receive carbon dioxide for sequestration, with the first ships in the water and expected to start delivering waste gas from customers this year. It’s being celebrated as a triumph of climate leadership and engineering. But when … [continued]
The Northern Lights carbon capture and storage project is often described as a logistics system, but at its core, it is a storage facility. The Øygarden terminal, its connecting offshore pipeline, and the Johansen Formation are the infrastructure that turns cross-border CO₂ shipments into permanent geological sequestration. Phase 1 is … [continued]
Northern Lights is Europe’s most ambitious carbon capture and storage project, and possibly the most operationally serious one in the world. It deserves credit for getting past the pilot stage, for designing an end-to-end storage system with real injection capacity, and for contracting with emitters in four different countries. But … [continued]
