Plant

Spain

LA RIOJA REGION

Two dead after explosion at biodiesel plant in northern Spain

The Nomad Today 5/26/22

The authorities called on the public to avoid the area

FILED - 08 June 2021, Saxony, Dresden: A finished VW ID.3 is transported into a car tower during a press tour of Volkswagen's Transparent Factory. At the site in Dresden, 35 fully electric vehicles are produced every day. Europe's biggest carmaker Volkswagen posted a sharp rise in global sales on Friday as the world's auto industry rebounded from a crisis unleashed by the pandemic. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

Economy & Business

IN VALENCIA

Next Volkswagen battery plant to be built in Spain

The Nomad Today 3/23/22

Madrid wants to drive billions of euros in public and private investment into the electromobility sector in the coming years, aiming to make Spain a hub for the technology

The Olkiluoto nuclear plant. Photo: Natalie Kylliainen/TVO.

Finland

EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN

Emergency situation at Olkiluoto nuclear plant

The Nomad Today 12/10/20

Plant operator TVO said there was no danger for people of for the environment.

FILED - 12 October 2018, Belarus, Mogilev: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends the plenary session of the Fifth Forum of Russian and Belarusian Regions. Lukashenko told his countrypeople he would make sure there would be no civil-war-like situation in Belarus as he cast his ballot in Sunday's presidential election. Photo: Kremlin/dpa.

World

ENERGY

Belarus' controversial nuclear plant beset with technical problems

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/10/20

Lithuania has objected to the facility as a potential environmental and security threat. Russian state nuclear company Rosatom is in talks with Belarusian authorities to possibly build…

Protesters against Fortum and the coal plant in Helsinki. Photo: @Elokapina.

Finland

CLIMATE ACTIVISTS

Controversial Fortum coal plant targeted by protests in Finland

The Nomad Today 8/15/20

German conservationist organization BUND handed over a list signed by over 40,000 people to the Finnish embassy in Berlin, urging Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin to quickly move to…

Two dead after explosion at biodiesel plant in northern Spain

Next Volkswagen battery plant to be built in Spain

Emergency situation at Olkiluoto nuclear plant

Belarus' controversial nuclear plant beset with technical problems

Controversial Fortum coal plant targeted by protests in Finland

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