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Finland’s Poyry Plc announced to join forces with an owner’s engineer contract awarded by a unit of Thai company Banpu Power, for a 90-MW wind farm project in the town …
Finnish engineering company to build wind farm in Vietnam Read More
A seminar regarding energy consumption in Vietnam was organized by the Embassy of Denmark, in collaboration with the Danish Ministry of Energy and with Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade …
Danish-Vietnamese renewable energy seminar Read More
The Norwegian Embassy, together with Norwegian Energy Partners and Power Engineering Consulting Joint Stock Company1 organized on the 4th November 2019 a Norway-Vietnam seminar in Hanoi regarding liquefied natural gas …
Norway proposed LNG as clean energy option for Vietnam Read More
Mr. Harald Solberg, chief executive officer of the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association (NSA), says the Norwegian shipowners will continue to hire seafarers from the Philippines. Mr. Solberg expressed his optimism in …
Norwegian ships will continue hiring seafarers from the Philippines Read More
The respective ambassadors from Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark in Indonesia have taken it upon them to show the South-East Asian nation that renewable energy is within reach without costing …
Nordic ambassadors call for green energy in Indonesia Read More
Scandinavian investment taps into Vietnam’s booming solar power market Thomas Jakobsen, based in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) since 2005, is Managing Director of Indochina Energy Partners (IEP), an entity …
Rooftop PV solar sector example of Nordic-Vietnam business success Read More
93 million. That’s how many straws Indonesians sucks their way through each day. And of the 9,8 billion plastic bags they use every year, almost 95 percent end up as …
Swedish investors to support island in sustainability project Read More
Finnish energy giant Neste laid the foundation stone for the expantion of its existing facility in Tuas on July 31, 2019. The ceremony officially marks the start of the 1.4 …
Neste starts building huge expansion in Singapore Read More
Norwegian solar integrator Scatec Solar and partners have grid connected its third solar power plant in Malaysia, the 66 MW (DC) Merchang plant. The company now has a total of …
Norwegian Scatec Solar delivers third solar power plant in Malaysia Read More
Singapore’s Public Utilities Board (PUB), has contracted Norwegian technical consultancy DNV GL to help with its 50 MW floating solar PV project at the Tengeh Reservoir in the island nation’s …
Norwegian DNV GL to help Singapore with floating solar power project Read More
Vestas, a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines, posted on June 28 that it has awarded an 11-MW turbine supply contract in China making its first 4 …
Vestas to distribute wind energy for China’s distributed wind segment Read More
While the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) was taking place in Helsinki the Embassy of Finland Bangkok co-organised ‘Finland towards the circular economy’ seminar, held at the Asean Sustainable Energy …
Finland’s circular economy initiative presented to ASEAN Read More
SN Aboitiz Power Group (SNAP), the joint venture between SN Power (Norwegian hydropower developer and investor) and Aboitiz Power Corp. (Filipino power investor) switched on its first 200-kilowatt (kw) floating …
Norway and Philippines activated 1st floating solar project Read More
Representatives from Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur led by Erlend Sannes Hadland, Deputy Head of Mission joined the 17th Asian Oil, Gas & Petrochemical Engineering Exhibition (OGA 2019) on …
Norwegian Embassy joined Malaysia’s petroleum exhibition Read More
Electricite Du Cambodge (EDC), Cambodia’s state-run electricity supplier has inked an agreement with two Chinese companies to build two power plants in Cambodia . One will be powered by a …
Wartsila will power Cambodia’s power plant built by China Read More
Wärtsilä, a Finnish corporation manufacturing power sources for the marine and energy markets, announced that it has agreed with Chinese energy firm to provide its integrated solutions in building China’s …
Wärtsilä to work in building China’s first LNG bunker vessel Read More
Norwegian-headquartered Scatec Solar has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with a Vietnamese energy company MT Energy (MTE) for 485 MW of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) –a technology converting sunlight into direct …
Scatec Solar partnered with Vietnam’s MT Energy in 485 MW solar projects Read More Wärtsilä, Finland’s source provider specializing in marine and energy, announced on May 13, 2019 that it has been awarded a contract by Oilfield Services Co Ltd (COSL), a Chinese oilfield …
Wärtsilä to power Chinese oilfield company Read More
Scatec Solar, Norwegian-headquartered solar power producer, announced that it has started commercial operation for the 65 MW Jasin solar plant in Malaysia. This Jasin plant is the second of three …
Norway-Malaysia solar plant successfully started commercial operation Read More
The 260 MW Hanuman Wind Farm Project owned by the Energy Absolute Public Company Limited (EA), the largest renewable energy company in the SET, chose Pöyry as its engineering provider …
Pöyry to work in one of the biggest wind farm projects in Thailand Read More
Vestas, a Danish wind power manufacturer, installer and designer, announced it has successfully installed the first V120-2.2 MW turbine with a hub height of 152 metres in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province. …
Vestas’ highest hub turbine in China Read More
Pöyry, Finland’s international consulting and engineering firm, has revealed it was awared by B. Grimm Power Company, Thailand’s power producers, to work in B. Grimm Power’s latest renewable energy project, …
Thai power firm chose Pöyry for wind farm project Read More
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has secured new orders in Taiwan and China at the turn of the new year. Vestas has secured a 18 MW order in Taiwan with …
Vestas has won orders in Taiwan, China Read More
At the Next-Gen Energy & Cross-Border Innovation Summit, as part of CleanConnect 2018 summit in Nanjing (held in November), the results for the EU-China Cleantech Competition were presented. Swedish innovative …
Swedish top trio in EU-China Cleantech Competition Read More
Neste Corporation, the Finnish provider or sustainable solutions for transport, business, and consumer needs, has announced the strengthening of its global leading position in renewable products with a major investment …
Neste significantly increases Singapore renewable production Read More
On 5 December, the Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam invited 15 Vietnamese journalists on a press tour to the Phu Lac Wind Farm, that features Danish wind turbines. During the …
Danish embassy took Vietnamese journalists on Wind Farm press tour Read More
Finnish consulting and engineering company Poyry Plc announced on 3 December, that they have entered a three-year agreement with Indonesian Power. The assignment includes wind power, solar PV, battery storage …
Finnish company to work on renewable energy projects in Indonesia Read More
The Pan-Nordic & DACH Innovation & Investment Roadshow in China 2018 was co-hosted by Invest in Finland, Invest in Denmark, Business Sweden, Helsinki Business Hub, Invest Stockholm, Advantage Austria, and …
Pan-Nordic Innovation & Investment Roadshow held in China Read More
The Embassies of the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden jointly celebrated their National days for the fourth consecutive year on Thursday 18 October in Jakarta – this time …
Nordic Night in Jakarta: embassies celebrated joint National Day 2018 Read More
Danish Vestas has on 20 October signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vietnamese N&G Group to implement wind power projects in Vietnam. The signing took place during the Green …
Vestas has signed MoU with Vietnamese company Read More
Norwegian company Aker Solutions has on 23 October 2018 won an order to provide China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) with products for a new underwater gas field in China. …
Norwegian oil company wins order in China Read More
Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ms. Anne-Mari Virolainen visited Jakarta with a Finnish business delegation during 8 -10 October. Minister Virolainen met with the Indonesian Minister of Energy …
Finnish Foreign Trade, Development minister in Jakarta Read More
On 14–19 October 2018 Finland’s Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä headed a Team Finland visit to Vietnam to promote exports and internationalisation of Finnish companies. The business delegation accompanying …
Minister Lintilä led Team Finland visit to Vietnam Read More
Ramboll (a leading engineering, design and consultancy company founded in Denmark) has acquired Vertix Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd. (Vertix), a transport consultancy specialised in master planning, ITS solutions, and pedestrian modelling …
Ramboll acquired Singaporean Smart Mobility company Read More
With the visit of the Danish Minister of Business, last week, new partnerships entered between Danish and Singaporean universities focusing on Clean Technology and Board Leadership. ”Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”. Looking …
Singaporean, Danish universities entered partnerships helped by Danish Ministry of Business Read More
A Myanmar wood-processing firm is the first company to get solar system financed by the Denmark-Myanmar Country Programme. The Myanmar wood-processing firm Diamond Mercury Wood Products Ltd. could on 11 …
Solar panels to Myanmar company financed by Denmark-Myanmar programme Read More
Energy experts from Norway has been contracted to provide technical advisory support on feasibility studies for offshore wind substation in China. Norwegian DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent …
Norwegians to be advisors on wind substation in China Read More
Vietnam Renewable energy Week has started, and the opening event is supported by the embassy of Denmark in Vietnam. Vietnam has devoted a whole week to focus on energy. The …
Danish embassy supports Renewable Energy Week event in Vietnam Read More H.E. Mr. Mika Lintilä, Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland is leading an official visit to Thailand on 20−22 August 2018 with a Finnish business delegation. On 20 August Minister …
Finnish Economic Minister arrives to Thailand Read More
China’s CGN has bought the majority of shares in a Swedish windfarm still under construction. When finished, it will be the largest onshore farm in Europe. In the northeast of …
Chinese nuclear company buys majority in Swedish wind farm Read More
Almost all Finns (94 %) want to reduce the emissions of CO2 from air travel, and many are also willing to pay for this as a part of the ticket …
Finnish people want to cut CO2 impact of flying Read More
Vestas has secured a 72 MW order for 20 V126-3.45 MW turbines delivered in 3.6 MW Power Optimised Mode. The order is the second Vestas has received for the 4 …
New Vestas turbines order in China Read More The Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä, is now set to visit Thailand in August 2018. Businesses are invited to join the Team Finland business delegation to Thailand where …
Postponed Finnish minister visit to Thailand set for August Read More
On 10-13 June the Danish Energy Business Delegation to China takes place, organised by The Confederation of Danish Industry, The Royal Danish Embassy in Beijing and Danish Board of District …
Danish Energy Business Delegation 2018 to China Read More
Wärtsilä, the Finnish smart technologies and complete marine and energy lifecycle solutions provider, collaborates with PIER71 in strengthening the maritime start-up ecosystem. PIER71 is an industry-wide acceleration programme setup by …
Wärtsilä Singapore, NUS to boost maritime, energy start-up ecosystem Read More
Asia House in Copenhagen, the Embassy of Denmark in Singapore and Clean – Innovating Green Solutions on 24 May presented a roundtable discussion regarding Singapore’s energy market, connecting to the …
Clean energy roundtable held at Asia House Read More
The 640-million strong ASEAN population has gained prominence in recent years as a promising consumer market, with a thriving young middle-class (median age of 29) becoming more urban. Nielsen has …
Danes see Malaysia gateway to thriving Asean consumer market Read More
Denmark has strenghtened the pursuit towards green energy with three Southeast Asian countries – Indonesia, China and Vietnam. On May 16th, The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) revealed plans to enhance …
Denmark enhances green energy co-op with SE Asia Read More
On 22 April, Chargé d’Affairs a.i. Mr. Vegard Holmelid, had a meeting at the Embassy with representatives from the Norwegian engineering consultancy company Multiconsult. In the meeting, the many possibilities …
Norwegian Embassy Bangkok met Multiconsult Read More
The Norwegian company Aibel has been awarded with a letter of intent for engineering, procurement and construction of the deck for the process platform in the second phase of the …
Norwegian company signs large order with Statoil Read More