Mundus Nordic Green News – 1 February, 2021

As Nordic Green reported last week, Aker Horizons has completed a corporate restructuring and listed on Oslo’s Euronext Growth exchange today. Aker Horizons stock price jumped 50% in the first hour of trading to NOK 55 on pent up demand, but then fell steadily during the day, closing at NOK 42, but still up 20% on its pre-listing price of NOK 35.

 

Equinor, Moss Maritime to test liquid solar production in Norway

Equinor will begin to explore the possibilities in marine solar energy. The company wants to test the world's first pilot plant to float solar energy in rough water on Frøya Island, near Trondheim, in connection with Moss Maritime, The purpose of the pilot plant, planned to begin in the late summer of 2021, is not primarily to see how much energy it can produce, but to see how weather conditions affect the plant. 

 

Boliden invests in climate-smart transport

Boliden, a Swedish copper miner, is investing SEK 300 million in the expansion of electrified transports in the two opencast mines Aitik and Kevitsa during 2020–2021. The investment is based on a successful pilot project that began in 2018, for electrified transports in Aitik. A 700-meter-long electric trolley track was installed and four mining trucks were converted with increased productivity and reduced diesel consumption as a result. 

 

Boliden aims to reduce its' CO2 intensity by 40% by 2030, and has entered into agreements for renewable electricity. But as electricity in Scandinavia already has low CO2 emissions, Boliden’s main focus is on reducing its' diesel consumption. Electric mining trucks have existed from the 1980s, with experiments made in South Africa. But today you can count on one hand how many mines in the world use the technology - Boliden is one of those.

 

Gothenburg's new photovoltaic park connected 

Göteborg Energi's new photovoltaic park in Gothenburg has now been completed and connected to the electricity grid. The park located in Utby in East Gothenburg, is estimated to produce 5.4 GWh of renewable electricity per year, corresponding to household electricity for around 1000 villas.