Finland’s Energy Transition: IEA’s Perspective on the 2023 Policy Review

Last May, the International Energy Agency (IEA) published a review of Finland's current state of energy policies. Naturally, we at YES-Europe Finland were particularly interested in this and together we decided to condense the content of the report into a slightly smaller form, as well as highlight interesting observations and results from the IEA's review.

Is nuclear energy unsafe? Recalibrating our perception of risk surrounding this crucial technology

As a result of several catastrophes surrounding nuclear power, public skepticism of nuclear energy has increased greatly and prompted some countries to take drastic action in reducing their dependency on nuclear power (BBC News 2011; Brunken and Mischinger et al. 2020). In light of this skepticism, as well as the fact that coal continues

By |2022-02-20T18:51:22+01:00February 8th, 2022|Energy|

Hungry for energy: Why a developing world needs nuclear to overcome the climate crisis

Humanity finds itself in a precarious situation in 2021. As the world population continues to grow past 7.5 billion and an ever-increasing number of people lift themselves out of poverty, the planet’s demand for energy shows little sign of slowing down. Greater energy consumption in isolation is not the problem; rising energy consumption has been

By |2022-02-02T16:38:17+01:00January 30th, 2022|Energy|

Polish Hydrogen Policy

On the 2nd of November 2021 the Polish government formally adopted the “Polish hydrogen strategy until 2030 with an outlook until 2040”, which was subsequently published on the 7th of December 2021. More than two years in the making, this policy document defines main objectives of the development of a hydrogen economy in Poland and

By |2021-12-15T16:50:01+01:00December 15th, 2021|Policy|