Battery-electric snow-clearing has been demonstrated in Norway; Sweden is adding hydrogen range extension to an already electric truck.
A Norwegian Scania has already plowed mountain roads. Sweden’s new fuel-cell range extender adds tanks and fueling equipment to a battery truck and needs a business case.
Illustrative coastal bulk carrier at a Norwegian-style industrial quay. Illustration: TFIE Strategy Briefing; not a GMI vessel or terminal.
Norwegian shipping company GMI Group is moving ahead with four hydrogen-electric bulk carriers for coastal freight. In October 2026, PowerCell confirmed a follow-up order that brings the program to 24 marine fuel-cell units with 5.4 MW of combined installed capacity. The first two ships, rated at 4,000 deadweight tonnes, are … [continued]
A snowy country like Norway is going to approach solar power in a different way from a place like the Bahamas. It’s not surprising to find out, then, that a company in Norway has developed a “vertical PV” system designed to help deal with very snowy conditions. Now that company … [continued]
Future Proof Shipping gave hydrogen cargo shipping something most hydrogen shipping announcements never provide: working vessels. H2 Barge 1 and H2 Barge 2 were not artist renderings, conference-stage concepts or another memorandum of understanding. They were inland cargo vessels converted to hydrogen fuel-cell operation and put into real freight service … [continued]
Mo Wang appointed CEO of Lynk & Co International, the entity overseeing the brand’s business in Europe. Nicolas López Appelgren to step down as CEO of Lynk & Co International. Martin Persson to assume a leadership role for Lynk & Co’s business in Europe within the planned Volvo Cars commercial … [continued]
Sales of electric cars in Nordic countries are strong, with Norway and Denmark leading and Sweden and Finland following.
The leading Ukrainian energy firm DTEK Group is building a new 100-turbine, 650-megawatt wind farm to help improve resiliency as Russia continues to attack conventional thermal power plants.
Norwegian company Boreal has ordered a fleet of electric fast ferries from Candela to replace diesel powered ships.
Hydropower operators can save money on turbine repairs and maintenance, and add revenue by adding battery-type energy storage systems (cropped, courtesy of PNNL via email to CleanTechnica).
Norway is heavily reliant on hydropower for its electricity needs, but what if the water to spin turbines just isn’t available?
ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a Norwegian ferry labeled "H2" burning kroner as it sails across a fjord
The recent investigative reporting by Swedish Television and Norway’s NRK into the fuel cell supplier PowerCell has opened a window into the Vestfjord Lofoten hydrogen ferry project that Norway has been building toward for years. The journalists focused on a specific claim about durability. Internal tests suggested that the fuel … [continued]
