Norway's World Wide Wind has a radically different take on offshore wind power. These floating, vertical-axis wind turbines feature two sets of blades, tuned to contra-rotate – and they promise more than double the output of today's biggest turbines.
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The incoming government coalition in Norway will be tasked with delivering on the country’s long-standing offshore wind ambitions. The most important action: speeding up the project development timeline.
The Longyearbyen coal-power plant. (Thomas Nilsen/The Independent Barents Observer)
Still unclear which replacement will be chosen for heat- and electricity production, but the Government assures it will be a more climate friendly solution.
Longyearbyen Heat and Power Plant is the only energy producer in Norway running on coal. Together with the coal power plant in the Russian settlement Barentsburg on Svalbard, it is also the world’s northernmost.
To be presented in the state budget for 2022, the Government is now working on a new energy plan for Longyearbyen.
“A great deal of work is done in assessing possible energy solutions in recent years. This autumn, we have taken important steps forward trying to find out how we can establish a new solution for Longyearbyen,” says Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru.