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New, cool kid on the block! 😎 When the spin-off from Alphabet’s “X, the Moonshot Factory" looked to expand, they landed in Bergen. - A no-brainer, says General Manager Anders Fossøy. He thinks the loacation will allow TidalX Norge to collaborate closely with local industry leaders, harnessing expertise to develop solutions that improve efficiency and sustainability in aquaculture. 🦈 Invest in Bergen have been supporting the location process and are happy to wish them welcome to our region! #greaterbergen #sustainableaquaculture #vestland Tidal I NCE Seafood Innovation I Invest in Norway I Invest in Fjordane You can read more in our news story👇

Wishing Finland and our brilliant Finnish friends a happy independance day today on the 6th of December! Thank you to ambassador Teemu Tanner for inviting Innovasjon Norge to the celebration last evening at the residence. We work closely with Finland and Sweden within the #Nordicbatterycollaboration. It is a partnership based on trust and common values, including sustainability - as well as complementary strengths. Finland has a unique history which the Finnish ambassador reminded us of yesterday in his speech - which started with a declaration of the unwavering Finnish support for the Ukraine 🇫🇮🇺🇦💪 Kaisa Nikkanen, Ilkka Homanen, Jonas Granqvist, Marko Kuokkanen, Riitta Bjorkenheim Business Finland Embassy of Finland in Oslo Jessica Olsson Hanna Brasar Desiree Hage Vikse Business Norway Paul Kastmann Robin Pettersson Nora Rosenberg Grobæk

The future is now, in Norway - where 94% of new cars sold today are EVs. This has made Norway a pilot country for the reuse and recycling of batteries. Hydrovolt recently opened the world’s most automated battery recycling line in Fredrikstad, Norway, and is expanding to France. Business Norway Anette Gjerde Micklefield Gard Madsen Battery Norway Fredrik Andresen Pål Runde

The #NordicBatteryCollaboration is an aligned platform, which is founded on Norway, Sweden, and Finland’s shared similarities and comparative strengths across the battery value chain. The Nordic Battery Collaboration’s ambition is to jointly work on focused initiatives where the value of acting together is greater than working alone. South Korea is one of the focused strategic markets. Sungyun Jung Desiree Hage Vikse Gard Madsen Business Norway

🇳🇴🔋🚗Norway is what the world’s first all-EV car market looks like

Norge har i dag en bransjeforening for datasenterindustrien som genuint ønsker å bidra positivt inn i de problemstillingen man ser innenfor nett og energi i Norge. Datasentre har blant annet infrastruktur i form av batteripakker og reservestrømsaggregater som kan nyttiggjøres til frekvensregulering og til å ta ned «peak»’ene i kraftnettet - og dermed redusere behovet for nettutbygging. Godt samarbeid her kan altså utløse store gevinster. Men for å få på plass mekanismer må man forstå hverandres muligheter og utfordringer - og det igjen forutsetter god dialog. Slik som her. Utrolig viktig tematikk og gledelig at Statnett SF stiller opp, både i innlegget det refereres til nedenfor der Martha Marie Øberg gjorde en glitrende jobb, og på den annonserte workshop’en med deltagelse også fra DSO’ene som Elvia og LnettAS Halvor Lie Bjorn Ronning Halvor Bjerke Pelle Gangeskar Atle Haga Runar Moseby Norwegian Data Center Industry Jørgen Festervoll Gard Madsen Anette Gjerde Micklefield IKT-Norge Fredrik Syversen Kristin Rekdal Andreas Elders Pål Rune Viken Torkild Follaug Svein Atle Hagaseth Stine Bjønnstu Holthe Jon Gravråk

Invest In Norway had the pleasure of joining the #GermanBiocharForum 2024 in Berlin to learn about visions, policies, and methodologies for integrating BCR into national and corporate strategies. The EU, USA, and China have already established a Biochar industry, which will contribute substantially to carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Norway, with its large reserves of biomass feedstock, could play a significant role and contribute to Biochar carbon removal (BCR).   While it is imperative to phase out fossil fuels and drastically reduce emissions as fast as possible, the only way to reach our climate goals is through additional carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere. Biochar carbon removal (BCR) is a CDR technology that offers several distinguished advantages: it is readily available and technologically mature (TRL 8-9), it comes with an established and reliable measuring, reporting, and verification (MRV) system, and biochar is a valuable product with a multitude of material applications. Biochar-based C-sink certificates are already being traded on the voluntary market. Jørn Fallet Kristensen Tim-Ole Böhm Gard Madsen

🇰🇷🇫🇮🇸🇪🇳🇴 #nordicbatterycollaboration in Korea 🔋⚡️ We are happy and humble to have received such a warm welcome in Korea. For two and a half days in Seoul and Pohang, representatives from the Nordic battery ecosystem will be meeting with Korean battery industry players. In Seoul today, we are meeting the Korean battery association, and SNE Research, Hanwha Aerospace and SungEel HiTech will share their insights. Finnish Minerals Group - Suomen Malmijalostus Oy, Volvo Group and Hydrovolt are showcasing our Nordic strengths - including the focus on sustainability, innovation and clean energy, our deep industrial roots and a strong collaborative spirit. The #NordicBatteryCollaboration (organised by Business Sweden, Business Finland and Innovasjon Norge) is promoting the Nordic battery value chain by bringing together representatives from different parts of the ecosystem. We highly appreciate the support from the Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian Embassies, and from Nordic Innovation - and special thanks to Pohang city! Sungyun Jung Soyeon K. SookYoung Lim Peter Bae Gard Madsen Desiree Hage Vikse Jessica Olsson Ilkka Homanen Hanna Brasar Jonas Granqvist Benedicte Fasmer Waaler Royal Norwegian Embassy in Seoul Embassy of Finland in Seoul Karl-Olof Andersson

The Chairman of the Norwegian Data Center Industry association - or, as Bjorn Ronning puts it, its «cheerleader» - Halvor Bjerke on the status of the industry as well as the role of data centers and AI in the grid going forward. The grid will increasingly be digitalized and efficient, the data centers will co-localize with new energy production and they will deliver flexibility services to the grid.

«Samlokalisering av datasentre og solindustrien er interessant for oss» ifølge Elvia. Videre er datasentrene i dag flinke til å utnytte «tilknytning på vilkår», men Elvia etterlyser flere datasentre inn i testing av markedsfleksibilitet. Statnett SF trenger mer fleksible kunder - både kortsiktig og mer langsiktig fleksibilitet. Snart avholder disse aktørene en workshop med Norwegian Data Center Industry for å diskutere videre