In the Nordic countries, widespread proficiency in English is positioned as a positive and even critical component of overall global competitiveness and competence. Indeed, maps illustrating who speaks the “best” English in Europe show a swath across the Nordic countries, and the number of people in the Nordic countries claiming proficiency in English is only a few percentage points below those in places such as the UK and Ireland. At the same time, the Nordic countries are routinely listed as the “happiest,” the most egalitarian, the most classless, least corrupt, and an epicenter for so-called “tender values.” In recent years, there has been a spate of publications highlighting how Nordic exceptionalism carries with it some unfortunate downsides, including the possibility for people to ignore or fail to acknowledge issues such as racism, sexism, and other social inequalities because of the affordance: “But our society is equal.” There is a parallel in the use of Engli
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TVO To Build Olkiluoto 3 Battery Back Up
Finish utility Teollisuuden Voima (TVO), owner of the Olkiluoto nuclear plant, said it had signed a contract for what will be one of the largest battery energy storage systems in Europe.
The 90-megawatt battery system is expected to serve as a backup in case of production disruptions at the OL3 reactor, which is expected to become operational in early 2022 after a prolonged construction scheduled marred by delays.
The battery system will help “minimize the effect of power fluctuations on the grid …. The turnkey solution acts as a fast-start backup power source,” TVO said.
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