WindSim and Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group signed a strategic partnership agreement during the China Wind Power Conference & Exhibition in Beijing.

Cambi is currently working on its first thermal hydrolysis project in Bulgaria, for Sofiyska Voda’s Kubratovo wastewater treatment plant in Sofia.

Cycled Technologies, one of our Accelerator companies was invited as a mainstage speaker at Technoport's Nordic Deep Tech, discussing Global Goals and how simple collaborations locally can contribute to solving the environmental challenges we are facing globally.

Cycled participated in the StartAD summer incubator and was one of the winners of the split decision in the pitching competition. The 7 weeks program comprised of 8 startups from all 3 New York University locations.

With several recycling demonstration projects under way in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the outlook for business development in the region is promising, according to Green Business Norway (GBN).

INION LT, a pioneer in the Lithuanian PV Industry, has formed a cooperation with Green Business Norway to advance the development of new prediction software for PV plants.

The Circular Economy Initiatives in European Local Communities conference organised by Mažeikiai District Municipality, took place on 3rd June.

On Tuesday 18 August, Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg visited Klosterøya in Skien, a hub of knowledge-based businesses, including the head office of Green Business Norway. Over lunch with the prime minister, local business representatives proudly promoted the diverse and innovative economy of the Grenland region.

A Polish-Norwegian initiative recently brought over 100 people together at the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, for a seminar to discuss the latest trends in waste management.

Soraytec was invited to join the Norwegian Pavilion at Nanjing Tech Week’s High-Tech Fair in Nanjing, China, an event that aims to showcase high tech innovations and to bring new innovative technologies to Nanjing and China.

Against the background of the EU's ambitious waste management targets, Norwegian and Polish stakeholders met on Wednesday 14 September in Drammen.

The challenge of keeping pace with rapid population growth in the Gulf region is creating constant bottlenecks, especially in the infrastructure and wastewater management sectors.

Over the past 10 years, Desert Control have been working to create the perfect recipe, an innovative solution called LNC, whose purpose is to turn desert soil into fertile land. Turning desert soil into fertile land normally takes 7-15 years, Desert Control’s solution takes a record 7 hours!

Circular Based Waste Management project partners from Lithuania, travelled to Norway to visit entities that apply best practices waste management, recycling and repurposing of bulky and food waste.

Last week, regional government representatives from Lubelskie in Poland and Telemark in Norway met in England for a closer look at the Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant.

Project partners from the Circular Based Waste Management-CBWM project from Mažeikiai municipality, the Telšiai Regional Waste Management Center (Lithuania) and Paide Town Government, (Estonia) returned to Norway for their second study tour. The tour took place in the Oslo and Bergen regions, this time to learn about organic waste recycling in Norway and incentives in waste.

The GCC countries rank among the highest waste generating countries per capita in the world. Estimates of the total amount of waste generated in the GCC range from 90 million to 150 million metric tons annually.

That was the question asked of panellists at one of the many panel discussions during this year's Energy Forum, which took place in Karpacz, Poland.

Representatives of Nordic embassies and companies joined their local partners from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at Masdar City in Abu Dhabi on 21 January to launch the green business intelligence program for the region.

In October 2015, Green Business Norway played host to an official delegation from Bulgaria, showing the visitors three sustainable, future-oriented waste to energy options.

Cycled Technologies and Akeo are teaming up to revolutionise the global recycling industry. Introducing blockchain technology as a building block in the Cycled platform sets a visionary path and a new standard for effective, modern and sustainable recycling of waste.

On April 12th the Polish Senate hosted a delegation from Norway to discuss a legal framework for waste management. The seminar had been organized as a direct follow up from discussions that took place during the Green Business Conference in Sandefjord last fall.

"We're teaming up with (HSN), the University College of Southeast Norway, to boost research and development at the start-up businesses on our Accelerator programme," says Thor Sverre Minnesjord, CEO of Green Business Norway (GBN). The first beneficiary will be Fluid Metal 3D, a technology business.

Partners from Lithuania and Estonia from the Circular Based Waste Management-CBWM project visited Norwegian circular economy expert organisations in a study tour organised by Green Business Norway.

A bilateral meeting of representatives from the Lubelskie region of Poland and Telemark county council in Norway took place on 7 April in the British town of Grantham, ahead of a study visit to the nearby Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant.

September 1st 2020 marked the beginning of the Circular Based Waste Management project, a collaborative initiative to promote implementation of circular based waste management practices across three regions in Europe.

Green Business Norway Accelerator start ups are presenting at the September 12th Investor seminar at Vitenparken Campus Ås. The event is in cooperation with Inkubator Ås.

A delegation from the Lubelskie region visited Telemark last week. After a tour of the county, Sławomir Sosnowski, governor of the Lubelskie region, and Terje Riis-Johansen, convener of Telemark county council, signed a wide-ranging cooperation agreement between the two regions

The Days of Sustainable Energy conference opened officially on September 26th in Sumy City’s Territorial Community. The event was an initiative of the Department of Finance, Economy and Investments of the Sumy City Council, under the EU project “Covenant of Mayors – East”.

The city of Daye in the Hubei province of China rand GBN recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the development of projects. The agreement covers projects in the areas of optical sorting, substrate of food waste for biogas production, sludge handling and monitoring of local and regional water resources, and the GBN member companies will contribute their expertise, technology and solutions.

We are already seeing encouraging results from this spring’s visit to Telemark by a delegation from the Lubelskie region of Poland, according to Thor Sverre Minnesjord, CEO of Green Business Norway. As a direct result of the dialogue and the connections established between the delegation, Green Business Norway members and leading politicians in Telemark county, the parties have taken the initiative to pursue two specific project opportunities on a commercial basis.

The fast-changing waste management sector is facing some key strategic decisions regarding its future direction. In recent years, Green Business Norway has actively promoted the exchange of best practice between Poland and Norway.

Exemplifying Polish–Norwegian cooperation, several new contracts between Polish customers and Norwegian suppliers were signed during the King of Norway’s state visit to Poland and the Green Growth conference on 10 May. The companies involved included Aquateam and Tomra Sorting Solutions, both members of Green Business Norway.

Green Business Norway (GBN) was one of the hosts when His Royal Highness The Crown Prince visited Klosterøya Business Park in Skien. The position of the Norwegian Cleantech industry now and in a five-year perspective was among the topics discussed with His Royal Highness.

The sixth EcoForum conference took place on 10 and 11 June this year. Once again, the conference proved to be a productive forum for both countries’ participants in the inter-regional cooperation program between Telemark in Norway and Lubelskie in Poland.

On the 6th and 7th of December, partners from the Circular Based Waste Management project visited Linz, Austria, in a tour designed by collaboration between Green Business Norway and Business Upper Austria.

As Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week gets under way, Green Business Norway (GBN), Green Net Finland and Nordic Innovation are launching the next phase of their business intelligence program for the Gulf region.

Green Business Norway’s business of the month for December is the Axelera member based French company Proteus, providing bio-based solutions for green chemistry and renewable energy.

Future Synthesis made its debut at Gründeruka 2019 and is off to a Flying Start with the award by R8, which now grants the award for the third year in a row.

Partners from the Circular Based Waste Management project travelled to Scotland to learn about social initiatives and charities whose circular practices address social issues such as homelessness and poverty.

Norwegian companies promoted themselves heavily at Poleko 2009, Central and Eastern Europe’s biggest trade show for environmental technology, which takes place annually in the Polish city of Poznan. Visitors and other exhibitors showed particular interest in Norwegian know-how, technology and solutions for waste management and recycling and water treatment.

At several recent high-level gatherings, Green Business Norway had the opportunity to share experiences and talk strategy with Polish decision makers.

As a raw material for biogas production, organic waste is a valuable green energy resource. However, food waste is frequently a major social problem with serious environmental consequences if it is not treated properly.

The Polish market is showing great interest in water and waste management technology, expertise and solutions from Norway. This was our interim conclusion following the visit by Polish waste management executives on 18–19 May and our attendance at the Wod-Kan trade fair on 26–29 May.