Innovations

This section deals with environmentally friendly innovations in the energy production sector. Over the past years many new technologies have come to light that help produce waste, greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful effects on human health and the global environment.

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Dag Thorenfeld

[ 26.04.2010 ]
Bellona president arrives in Washington with high hopes of joining the US climate debate
WASHINGTON – The visit to the US Capital by Bellona President Frederic Hauge could not be timed better with the charged air surrounding the Senate’s long awaited climate bill, and a major setback the effort to push the legislation forward may have suffered over the weekend.
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Siemens

[ 19.04.2010 ]
Bellona St. Petersburg energy forum hears big bucks in the wind
ST. PETERSBURG – The wind energy market in Russia may have a turnover of around €7 billion by 2025 if its potential is exploited to the fullest, experts agreed at a renewable energy forum hosted in St. Petersburg by Bellona.
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Anna Kireeva/Bellona

[ 22.03.2010 ]
Russia, Northern Europe become closer partners in joint bioenergy projects
MURMANSK – Bellona held its first Russian-Norwegian Videoconference to discuss development of bioenergy projects in Russia’s Northwest last week. As cooperation grows between Russia and its northern neighbours in developing renewable energy, regions seem willing as ever to try to tap into the vast energy potential offered by renewables, their bilateral teleconference on March 16th showed.
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NEWS
[ 30.03.2010 ]
Complex underground coal gasification – making coal clean?

BRUSSELS – The method of Complex Extraction of Energy from Coal (CEEC) has a potential to achieve carbon negative power supply by combining a coal gasification and renewable energy production. In Poland a 30 megawatt pilot plant is scheduled to start operations in 2012.

[ 29.10.2009 ]
Low-CO2 emissions and social justice: the “smart” response to the global crisis

BRUSSELS - The inaugural conference for the Wellbeing 2030 Project was organised by the European Policy Centre (EPC) and took place on October 28th. The conclusions derived from the headline topic “Beyond the crisis: strategic options for Social Europe by 2030” identified “smart growth” – characterised by low CO2 emissions and social justice – as the way forward for Europe.

[ 30.05.2008 ]
Russian sub rescue team couples with Norwegian sub in unprecedented rescue drill

A Russian rescue system coupled with a NATO submarine for the first time on Wednesday in a joint exercise off Norway in an unprecedented act of cooperation for Russia, Reuters reported.

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