Per capita, Iceland consumes more than double the electricity of its nearest revival, Norway, and around four times that of oil giants such as Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, and the USA. In real terms, Iceland, with a population of around 400,000, consumes the same amount of electricity as My...
The national authorities of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden submitted a proposal to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under REACH, the European Union’s (EU) chemicals regulation. This article provides a summary of ...
Colder countries such as Norway have lower winter death rates because their homes are better insulated. Insulating your home? Try recycled materials from curtains to carpets by Joanne O'Connell. The Guardian. April 24, 2014. Waste from the textile industry could make perfect insulation, killing ...
Norway, one of the most progressive economies for EVs, is aiming for a 2025 target date. Meanwhile, several US states have announced a ban on ICE vehicles –Washington from 2027, California and Massachusetts by 2035, New Jersey by 2040, and Colorado by 2050. The District of Columbia is ban...
Norway Over 95% of all electricity production in Norway comes from renewable sources, with hydropower, wind and thermal energy contributing to the Norwegian energy economy. This means Norway is a country rapidly transitioning away from fossil fuels, creating a huge amount of renewable energy opportu...
If the collective renewable thermal energy does not cover the entire demand within the TEC initiative, the individuals, depending on their internal motivations, have other choices to address their thermal demand. (iv) Type and capacity of individual renewable thermal energy system: after selecting a...
Financial Risk, Renewable Energy Technology Budgets, and Environmental Sustainability: Is Going Green Possible? Since the industrial revolution, countries have been facing the issue of climate change and environmental degradation. It is widely believed that the inves... M Ahmad,Z Ahmed,B Gavurová,...
Our empirical analysis is based on eight OECD countries, namely Austria, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK for the period 1980–1999. We find that per capita health expenditure, per capita income, carbon monoxide emissions, sulphur oxide emissions and nitrogen ...
Similarly, Brønnøysund and Hommelstø in northern Norway (wave gauges 9–11) have an estimated run-up height of >3 m (Bondevik et al., 2005), but previous simulations predict a 17.9 m wave, which is probably a large overestimation (Bondevik et al., 2005). Here, we record a ...
In fact, Germany only gets 34% of its natural gas from Russia, roughly equal to the amount it gets from Norway and from the Netherlands. In total, natural gas accounts for just 23% of Germany’s primary energy use – and only 13.5% of the electricity generated at power pl...