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Norway launch of a large 100% fossil-free bus network in Bergen to reduce co2 emissions by 85%

Keolis providing city residents and visitors with a sustainable shared mobility solution under a contract with public transport authority (PTA) Skyss. The city’s fleet of 138 buses—including 102 electric vehicles—now runs on 100% renewable energy, showcasing Keolis’s expertise in zero-emission and electric-powered mobility. Keolis currently operates 3,800 sustainable buses worldwide. The launch not only grows…

climatechange, co2, Keolis, Norway, smartcity, sustainablecities

Norway gives additional 602 million kroner of innovation funding to business sector

The Norwegian government is providing an in innovation support to 66 companies across the country through the Research Council. “There is a tremendous development of knowledge in Norwegian companies, and we must support this to ensure sustainable growth and increased competitiveness,” Minister of Trade and Industry Iselin Nybø (V) said in a press release. The…

Innovation, Iselin Nybø, Norway, smartcity, technologies

Norway implements “Basel amendments” on plastic waste

The new regulatory regime will facilitate government control with environmentally sound management conditions of plastic waste The 2019 amendments of the Basel Convention, introducing new and stronger, legally binding international control on the transboundary movements of certain types of plastic wastes, are translated into Norwegian law, just in time for the 1.1.2021 implementation deadline. The…

climatechange, globalwarming, Norway, smartcity, sustainableworld

Norway digitally freezes national treasures and stores them in Arctic archive

The National Museum has preserved some of the country’s most treasured artefacts digitally and stored them in a former mine on Arctic archipelago Svalbard. The Arctic World Archive was originally constructed in 2017 to “protect the world’s most important cultural relics”, the National Museum said on its website. The data preservation facility is located on…

National Museum, Norway, smartcity, sustainablecities, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, technologies

The world’s largest remote tower centre operates with tower and communication systems from Indra

Norwegian air navigation service provider Avinor recently opened the world’s largest remote tower centre in Bodø, Norway, from which 15 airports will be operated by end of 2022 Indra has played an important part in the technology development leading to the opening of the world’s largest remote tower centre. By the end of 2022, 15…