Tag: North Sea

  • Norway and Germany are taking their hydrogen cooperation to the next level

    Norway and Germany are taking their hydrogen cooperation to the next level

    Norway and Germany have now agreed to set up a joint Task Force to follow up the results of an ongoing joint feasibility study, which looks at possibilities for transporting hydrogen and CO2 between Germany and Norway. Norway and Germany share a common intention to ensure a large-scale supply of hydrogen from Norway to Germany…

  • NATO summit: How the alliance strengthens its eastern flank

    NATO summit: How the alliance strengthens its eastern flank

    Along with seeking a compromise for Ukraine’s entry into NATO, leaders at the Vilnius summit are on a quest to strengthen the alliance’s eastern front. World leaders gathering in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Tuesday for a two-day NATO summit will try to articulate a unified message on Ukraine’s possible membership of the North Atlantic…

  • Curious children: who was the first to speak English?

    Curious children: who was the first to speak English?

    Who was the first to speak English? – Grace, aged eight, Belfast, Northern Ireland The first English speaker didn’t sound like you or me. This is because language changes all the time. You have probably noticed that your grandparents’ language is different from yours. You can imagine how much different English was when it was…

  • Mette Frederiksen downplays NATO leadership candidacy

    The North Sea energy power plantYesterday, Frederiksen was in Belgium and participated in a North Sea summit in cooperation with the host nation Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Ireland, Norway and Great Britain. As part of the meeting, the countries entered into an ambitious agreement to make the North Sea the world’s largest energy hub.…

  • “The level of surveillance is rising and will continue to rise”

    “The level of surveillance is rising and will continue to rise”

    Foreign Minister Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir says it is important for Iceland to be better equipped in terms of defence. Nordic state television has revealed alleged Russian espionage in the Arctic. The first episode of the Shadow Wars documentary series aired this week. It accuses the Russian government of planning to sabotage energy infrastructure in…

  • YLE: Russian ships detected critical mapping infrastructure in the Baltic Sea and North Sea

    YLE: Russian ships detected critical mapping infrastructure in the Baltic Sea and North Sea

    The Nordic broadcasting companies investigated the movements of the vessels using geospatial information and radio communication and found that the vessels seem to be interested in targets such as gas pipelines, telecommunications cables and especially offshore wind farms and their transmission cables. Minister of Defense of Finland Antti Kaikkonen (Center) told YLE that Finland has…

  • CO2 pumped underground for the first time

    Crown Prince Frederik graced the stage yesterday at an event in Esbjerg, which inaugurated an experiment with technology that pumps carbon dioxide emissions back into the ground, reports DR. In the ocean not far from the case, a decommissioned oil platform was used to begin pumping the gas under the sea. The CO2 was brought…

  • It’s a snowstorm, Hjørring!

    Tomorrow may be a good day to work at home – especially if you live in northern Jutland, as high winds and heavy snowfall will most likely cause a blizzard in the region. In Aalborg, the snowfall is expected e.g. to start around 17.00 on Monday evening, but the wind strength will be modest until…

  • The pilot made a circle to show the passengers the aurora borealis

    The pilot made a circle to show the passengers the aurora borealis

    EasyJet pilots who flew from Keflavík to Manchester yesterday made a circle over the North Sea. They did this so that all passengers could admire the magnificent Northern Lights that danced in the night sky. A British photographer who was on the plane returning home with his fiancée told the Manchester Evening News that […]…

  • Thor the walrus ruins the New Year’s celebration

    Thor the walrus ruins the New Year’s celebration

    The massive sea mammal forced a British port city to cancel fireworks The arrival of a huge walrus in the British port city of Scarborough on the North Sea has scuppered the New Year’s celebration plans of the local authorities. The huge animal was spotted resting in the harbor area on Friday. The young walrus…

  • 5 things the British DISCOVERED from the Russians

    5 things the British DISCOVERED from the Russians

    What do sea mines and buttercream have in common? For Englishmen, they were both “brought” from Russia. 1. Furs George III and Queen Victoria dressed in Russian furs Public domain When English merchants established contacts with the Moskian Tsardom in the 16th century, fur soon became the most important, expensive, and handsome commodity they would…

  • Science Round-Up: Sourcing the spring of solidarity

    Science Round-Up: Sourcing the spring of solidarity

    In a recent study, researchers at Copenhagen Business School established a tangible link between how people behave in their daily lives and their solidarity with those who suffer from tragedy. Take, for example, the world’s reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Across the globe, sympathy led people to raise a flag that was not theirs…

  • Pioneer divers in the North Sea

    Pioneer divers in the North Sea

    Deep-sea diving is a life-threatening job, but in the 70s you could dive in the North Sea with just a sports diver’s certificate. Safety was not the most important thing. It was the newly discovered oil. But the oil needed to get to land and for that pipelines were needed, which were welded by deep…

  • Ørsted involved in plans to develop Danish offshore wind farms to power close to 4 million homes

    Ørsted involved in plans to develop Danish offshore wind farms to power close to 4 million homes

    Ørsted has entered into a 50-50 partnership with the Copenhagen Infrastructure Project (CIP). Together, they plan to develop offshore wind farms in Denmark with a capacity of 5.2 gigawatts. That’s enough to power nearly 4 million homes. Dizzying scaleThe task will be divided into four separate projects: two wind farms are to be built in…

  • NATO starts nuclear exercises

    NATO starts nuclear exercises

    Operation Steady dinner will see the deployment of US B-52 bombers in Europe, with no plans to use live weapons NATO exercises aimed at improving the alliance’s deterrence capabilities, with strategic jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons, begin on Monday, amid heightened tensions with Russia over the Ukraine conflict. The “Steadfast Noon” exercises will run…

  • EU chief: New gas pipeline Greece-Bulgaria “means freedom”

    EU chief: New gas pipeline Greece-Bulgaria “means freedom”

    SOFIA, Bulgaria: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, chair of the European Union’s executive arm, was in Sofia, Bulgaria on October 1 to witness the opening of a natural gas link between Bulgaria and Greece. Von der Leyen said the importance of the new pipeline was as an example of the EU’s determination to…

  • The Baltic States must increase the capacity for offshore wind power seven times by 2030

    COPENHAGEN, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) — The leaders of nations bordering the Baltic Sea agreed on Tuesday to sevenfold their offshore wind power generation by 2030, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told reporters here after hosting the Baltic Sea Energy Security Summit. Alongside Denmark, the declaration was also signed by Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden…

  • Danish News Round-Up: Climate Minister regrets the gas situation

    Danish News Round-Up: Climate Minister regrets the gas situation

    The resumed extraction of gas from the Tyra field in the Danish part of the North Sea has been postponed, and climate minister Dan Jørgensen is not happy about that. This is largely due to the instability of the gas market due to the war in Ukraine and the dependence on Russian gas. The postponement…

  • Nornickel builds new transport routes to ease logistical challenges

    Nornickel builds new transport routes to ease logistical challenges

    Most of Norilsk Nickel’s cargo traffic is concentrated on the western part of the North Sea route, but Ravil Nasybullovthe director of the company’s logistics department, does not rule out the possibility that commodity flows will go east, which would require the use of icebreakers on the route, reports the Russian special publication portnews. And…

  • German climate activists strive to create friction with blockades

    German climate activists strive to create friction with blockades

    BERLIN – “It’s completely crazy to stay on the road with super glue”, admits Lina Schinkoethe. And yet the 19-year-old recently ended up in prison for doing just that, in protest of what she believes is the German government’s failure to act against climate change. Schinkoethe is part of a group called the Rebellion of…

  • Danish bathing water must be checked for PFAS

    Danish bathing water must be checked for PFAS

    It has been announced that several areas with bathing water all over Denmark will be checked for PFAS after the finding of the toxin in Lemvig Municipality in Northwest Jutland. Test throughout DenmarkThe municipality tested a 32 km coastline between Thyborøn and Bøvling Klit, and bathers are now advised to be careful – especially for…

  • NATO comments on Russia’s nuclear guarantees

    NATO comments on Russia’s nuclear guarantees

    Hosting nuclear weapons is a “sovereign” issue to be decided by NATO members, says the deputy head of the US-led alliance The US-led NATO alliance is not inclined to give Russia any security guarantees for the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of its two future members, Finland and Sweden, Deputy Secretary General Camille…

  • The war increases Norway’s oil and gas profits.  Now it is called to help

    The war increases Norway’s oil and gas profits. Now it is called to help

    STAVANGER, Norway – Europe’s desperate search for alternatives to Russian energy has dramatically increased demand – and the price – for Norway’s oil and gas. When the money flows in, Europe’s second largest natural gas supplier fends off accusations that it is profiting from the war in Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, who is…

  • Call the war Viking disaster

    Call the war Viking disaster

    In the summer of 1950, the Viking ship Ormen Friske sank in the stormy waves of the North Sea. 15 people followed her in depth, and in Vetenskapsradion Historia we investigate the gripping and strange event, a shipwreck and a national tragedy in the shadow of the Cold War. Jack Werner is current with the…

  • Denmark is increasing wind energy production in the North Sea

    Denmark is increasing wind energy production in the North Sea

    Unsubscribe in EsbjergThe 150 GW would be enough to supply green electricity to around 230 million European households and need over 1 trillion kroner in investment. “If we are to harvest all the possible wind from the North Sea, we have to do it together. The North Sea has a lot to offer, and therefore…

  • Danish News Round-Up: COVID-19 mortality is highest among men, low paid and unemployed

    Danish News Round-Up: COVID-19 mortality is highest among men, low paid and unemployed

    COVID-19 mortality was higher among men, low paid and unemployed. The results are made from a Statistics Denmark analysis of deaths in Denmark between 1 March 2020 and New Year 2021, where 61 deaths were reported per year. 100,000 citizens in Denmark due to corona. It revealed that mortality has been unequal among different demographics…

  • About 400,000 homes to scrap gas stoves

    About 400,000 homes to scrap gas stoves

    More Danish gas?The initiative is just one element in the government’s Denmark can do more 2 ‘proposal, which the Prime Minister said will be presented after the Easter holidays. Other elements in the proposal will include building more sustainable energy sources – and making it faster – exporting green technology to promote efficient energy use…

  • This week’s editorial: Putin is also changing our lives

    This week’s editorial: Putin is also changing our lives

    The war in Ukraine has affected most of the world, even though it is a very local war that shows that the global village is more than a sound bite, then it is our reality. U-turn in refugee attitudesPutin will lose the war, but it will take him a while to realize it. In the…

  • Wednesday’s newspapers: Russian power plug disconnection, summer work, winter tires

    Wednesday’s newspapers: Russian power plug disconnection, summer work, winter tires

    By Kauppalehtinews of the atrocities committed by Russian troops in Ukraine was a turning point that discouraged continued buying energy from Russia. The magazine asked Jari KostamaDirector of Energy Production of the Finnish Energy Industry Association, what it means for Finland to cut energy imports from Russia. The short answer is that Finland is doing…

  • Danish Capital in 2022: The role of energy

    Danish Capital in 2022: The role of energy

    One of the great success stories of modern Danish business is renewable energy. 2020 was the first year in which most of the electricity used in Denmark was powered by wind and solar energy. Now about 40 percent of gross energy consumption comes from renewable energy. With hugely ambitious projects underway such as ‘Energy Island’…

  • New Civic and Liberal Alliance speaks for nuclear power in Denmark

    New Civic and Liberal Alliance speaks for nuclear power in Denmark

    On Tuesday, all the leaders of the parties were invited by TV2 to talk about the future of the EU and NATO, and Denmark’s use of Russian gas became a big talk. The ongoing war has shown how much Europe is dependent on gas coming from Russia. That is why the leaders Pernille Vermund (Nye…

  • Putin could detonate a nuclear weapon off the coast of Denmark as a show of force, warns Moscow analyst

    Putin could detonate a nuclear weapon off the coast of Denmark as a show of force, warns Moscow analyst

    Four years ago this week, Western Europe was hit by the Beast of the East. Today, it is in the firing line for a ‘Blast from the Past’, according to the BBC. In an article published at approx. 3 CET warns the BBC that Russia could potentially detonate a nuclear weapon off the coast of…