Business / DT 1 / 2012
Norwegian dams industry defends CDM carbon trading regime
Top executives in the Norwegian hydropower industry are attempting to block EU restrictions on carbon quotas for large dams under the Kyoto Protocol.
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Aid-subsidised contracts to Eltel, STX Finland
Last year Finland approved EUR 60 million in mixed credits on export contracts for Finnish industry. The big winners are the engineering company Eltel and the shipbuilder STX Finland Oy.
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To name or not to name
Denmark makes public the names of pre-qualified companies before tenders are submitted in an effort to improve projects; Sweden keeps them secret to prevent ‘bidding cartels’.
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Huge untied mixed credit portfolio awaits closure
Four projects still lack financing in a troublesome mixed credits scheme that Norway decided to close down several years ago. A cut-off date has now been set for finalising projects.
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