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4. New trainees and volunteers at the EKOenergy Secretariat
 Vera Szabadkai from Budapest joined the EKOenergy team as part of a "Work trial practice" organized by the Finnish Employment Service.
"I am glad to work on a motivating project with a European scope. EKOenergy is a very forward-thinking enterprise I'm glad to contribute to. Apart from working with renewables, it also enables me to use my connection to Hungary, and to learn and settle in my new home, Finland."
Trainees and volunteers remain a corner stone of EKOenergy's structure. In the last 3 months, over 150 trainees and volunteers applied for a place at the EKOenergy secretariat. At least 5 of them will join us in the coming months.
For the current staff, trainees and volunteers at the Secretariat, see the Contact Us page of the website. |
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5. Russia's renewable future visits EKOenergy
 Bellona Saint-Petersburg organized a thesis competition about renewable electricity. The main prize was a visit to a series of renewable power plants in Northern Europe, and a visit to the EKOenergy Secretariat (!).
178 young researchers from 59 Russian regions submitted a paper.
The winning researchers, Anna Gentova, Dmitry Grinko and Stepan Konakov visited us on May 12 and 13. They wrote papers about wave energy, wind energy and combined (hybrid) systems. Read more about their papers on the EKOenergy website.
We thank Juha Tuominen, director of the wind energy company Tuulisaimaa, professor Jero Ahola of the Lappeenrannan University of Technology and Kim Fyhr, Public Affairs Manager at Fortum for their interesting contributions to the Finnish part of the program. |
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6. Elea spreads the news
The Wiesbadener Kurier wrote an article about our volunteer Elea Kunz and her experience at the EKOenergy Secretariat in Helsinki.
"Many consumers are not sufficiently informed about how they can use their electricity contract to contribute to climate protection. I find it interesting that EKOenergy works on that: through the EKOenergy label and through the focus on consumer information, EKOenergy gives households and corporate consumers the opportunity to bring about positive changes."
The paper version was published on May 8. Click here for the online version.
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7. Business leaders invest in renewables
"Because the interests of companies with large carbon reserves on their balance sheets are no longer aligned with other businesses, business leaders must think carefully about the source of their electrical power. In a world with falling energy prices, we need to invest in the technology that will sustain our companies, not ones that will cost the earth", Alison Kemper and Roger Martin in the Guardian.
“We have a duty to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow and therefore addressing the real issues around man made climate change is a key part of that,†said Morten Vestberg, communication manager for the LEGO Group in Energy Digital magazine. “By doing so, we move towards our goal of positive impact, reduce our energy use, cut operating costs, and ensure we are a business fit for the future.â€.
Picture: Vindenergi Danmark
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