It’s good to see states whose wealth has been built on hydrocarbons recognising that change is coming. Any dividends from this will probably go Norway’s citizens too. Because Norway are cool like that.
Norway inaugurates Europe’s first LFP gigafactory
Submitted 4 weeks ago by ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/08/22/norway-inaugurates-europes-first-lfp-gigafactory/
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Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Venicon@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yup they reinvested a lot of the oil money back into their country and population whereas we in the UK (Scotland) had it squandered.
untorquer@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Norway has an actual tax schema for corporations centered around VAT. So companies actually do pay taxes. Salaries/wages are also generally high. They are investing massively into tech to diversify from fossil fuels.
Coincidentally they also discovered massive phosphate deposits
Still, things are changing and there’s plenty of silicon valley types and Elon fanboys. The rightward shift of the last 20yr has also hit to some degree. But there is still a strong left which is helping to weather that.
All in all a better condition than in the US even though their prosperity is directly tied to US oil industry.
Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Having an honest and effective left must put Norway in such a minority. If I didn’t have such deep roots here in the UK I would love to live there for a while and see what it’s like.
UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Don’t get high on your own supply, as the saying goes.
ganksy@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah it’s hard not to associate it with muskrat.
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Is gigafactory just like a word we have to live with existing now?
Venicon@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s basically the gigachad if the factory world.
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credo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s going to be confusing when we get to terafactories and then petafactories. One pumping out Halloween joy and the other filled with llamas and stuff.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
youtu.be/O818btW2PYY
ABCDE@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
“annual capacity of 1 GWh”