The winners of Energy Solution Challenge
Smart production of food for a sustainable world. The winners of Uminova Innovation's climate competition want to contribute. They receive 200,000 SEK to develop their idea.
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Great interest for Komatsu Forest in Vaasa
Komatsu Forest was in Vaasa in Finland on Tuesday to inform about their new industrial establishment in Umeå and network with Finnish companies for possible collaborations for the new establishment, and the interest from the Finnish side was comprehensive.
International visit on waste management
Sweden’s waste management has evolved for centuries and in Umeå we have several popular visit objects on the topic. Last week a group of international visitors from India got introduced to the Swedish waste management system and with great interest in our sustainable solutions on smart waste management a visit program was organised by North Sweden Cleantech through the national initiative Smart City Sweden.
Great interest in developers of environmental fuels
The Skellefteå-based company Eco-Oil Miljöbränslen i Sverige AB has stopped working in silence. The company develops environmental fuels and in an interview Kent van Klint, CEO of Eco-Oil tells about the recent increased interest in the company.
North Sweden Cleantech - the climate-smart innovation site of the future
North Sweden Cleantech - The climate smart innovation site of the future is our newest project and the goal of the project is to increase the innovation and innovation power of small and medium-sized companies, and to strengthen the development and accessibility of innovation-support systems and environments in the cleantech area in Västerbotten County and Örnsköldsvik Municipality.
Energy ConFusion – an important meeting place for a sustainable future
How we produce, store and use energy when electrification, digitalisation and connected industries request renewable energy was something discussed during the conference and meeting place, Energy ConFusion which was arranged by North Sweden Cleantech and partners in Skellefteå June 3-5 2019.
Smart Climate won pitch contest during EnergyConfusion
Emma W Flodén from Smart Climate won the pitch contest Pitch Up during Energy ConFusion 2019.
Corporate and startup collaboration is important for the environment
Ignite Sweden arrangerade Ignite EnergyConfusion matchmaking under konferensen Energy ConFusion, där startups fick möjlighet att möta storbolag i Skellefteå.
Umeå gets a climate smart bus stop
Umeå Municipality is building a climate smart bus stop at Umeå University. In connection with that, other surrounding areas will also be rebuilt to enhance the availability and road safety.
Tagged for environment
Service Node, a start-up company from Umeå, thinks highly of the project Cleaner Growth which partly financed the innovation and export platform North Sweden Cleantech during the years 2016-2018. Service Node is a cleantech company whose smart tags facilitate and streamline service and maintenance work of premises and equipment, minimizing the need for paper documentation.
On the way to an emission-free society
For about 100 years, our vehicles have been running on petrol and diesel, but that needs to come to an end. To save the climate it is essential to work towards an emission-free society and for this purpose electric cars play a very important role.
A record turnout at EnergyWeek
Last week, the reformulated EnergyWeek 2019 brought together almost 4,500 event participants from 25 countries. All the continents were represented. During the week, participants got to hear a total of 110 speakers at 21 different events or seminars. The event had more than 170 exhibitors.
Northvolt wins the Energy & Innovation Award during EnergyWeek in Vaasa 2019
During EnergyWeek in Vaasa, Northvolt was named the winner of the Energy & Innovation Award. Northvolt from Sweden was nominated for their work with the greenest battery factory in the world. Besides Northvolt, Akkurate Oy (Finland), AES Tietê & CERTI Foundation (Brazil), PSR (Brazil), DCX (Poland) and Johanneberg Science Park (Sweden) was nominated.
Umeå participates in the OECD study "The Economics and Governance of Circular Economy in Cities"
During this week, OECD experts from France and Spain will visit Umeå to look deeply into the city's work within circular economy. As a result, Umeå will obtain an overview of the work being done in the area as well as guidelines on how to best continue developing the circular economy in Umeå and Västerbotten.
Successful cooperation with Finland - a showcase project
Interreg Botnia-Atlantica has selected North Sweden Cleantech's collaborative project with the Vasa region, Cleantech Kvarken, to become one of three showcase projects that will be included in the European Commission Inforegio database.
Envigas creates value from wood and agro residues
Envigas R&D department, which develops advanced pyrolysis of biomass, is located just outside Skellefteå, in the north of Sweden. Pyrolysis is the thermal decomposition of biomass which is fed into a reactor under elevated temperature and without access to oxygen. It converts the organic material into bio-carbon (or bio-coal), a little ash, bio-oil and a pyrolysis gas (syngas).
Smart City Sweden is expanding!
The Swedish Government has given The Swedish Energy Agency increased resources to develop Smart City Sweden, the national demonstration platform for smart and sustainable city solutions.