New partnership to develop large-scale integrated renewable energy system on Åland
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), Flexens, and Lhyfe have formed a partnership for the development and construction of an ambitious integrated energy island solution enabling large-scale offshore wind, green hydrogen production, and other local anchored value creating activities on Åland. CIP, through Copenhagen Energy Islands, Lhyfe and Flexens jointly launch the… Lue lisää…
Flexens spin-out HydRe receives an 800 000 euro investment grant from the Finnish Energy Authority to build Finland’s first hydrogen refuelling station in Lieto
HydRe was founded at the beginning of 2022 as a Flexens spin-out company to develop a network of hydrogen refuelling stations for heavy transport in Northern Europe. In November, the HydRe team applied for a Finnish Energy Authority investment grant. As a result, HydRe was granted about 800 000 euros… Lue lisää…
Finland’s largest hydrogen plant planned in Kokkola
Project developer Flexens Oy Ab and KIP Infra Oy, part of Kokkola city council, have signed a letter of intent regarding a land lease agreement for a facility with a hydrogen production capacity of approximately 300 megawatts in the Kokkola Industrial Park area. Such a facility would certify a strengthened… Lue lisää…
Flexens and HydRe collaborate to launch hydrogen transport in Finland: Letter of intent signed with Lempäälän Energia
The Finnish companies Flexens and HydRe are preparing to pilot green hydrogen in Lempäälä, Finland. Flexens plans a small-scale green hydrogen production unit to be attached to Finland’s first hydrogen refuelling station. HydRe will provide the refuelling station. The facilities will be integrated with the local LEMENE smart energy system,… Lue lisää…
Virta leads the EV charging industry for the third year in a row on the Financial Times FT 1000 list
Financial Times published its annual Financial Times 1000 – Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies- list yesterday. With an 84% faster growth rate than the market, Virta is one of the 117 companies that made the list for the third consecutive time, ranking 299th this year. Virta, established in 2013, was the… Lue lisää…
Rejlers assits hybrit in design of demonstration plant for fossi-free sponge iron
An important part of the HYBRIT initiative and the investment in fossil-free steel is the construction of a demonstration plant in Gällivare, where sponge iron for the first time will be produced with fossil-free hydrogen on a larger scale. Rejlers has been commissioned to identify optimal solutions for the plant’s… Lue lisää…
Implementing novel storage solutions for a sustainable energy transition
A consortium led by Flexens has succeeded in securing funding through the ERA-Net SES MiCall19 framework. The other consortium partners are LUT University, Polar Night Energy Oy and Pumped Hydro Storage Sweden Ab. With a total budget of 4.1 million euros, the three-year project called NewSETS focuses on novel energy… Lue lisää…
Flexens joins Green NortH2 Energy as shareholder
As part of Flexens’ many activities in green hydrogen development, the company joins Green NortH2 Energy as a shareholder. Green NortH2 Energy, a newly founded subsidiary of the engineering and consulting firm Elomatic, is meant to kick-start the green hydrogen market of Southwestern Finland from the coastal town of Naantali.… Lue lisää…
Major step forward in energy flexibility – Eaton and Virta enable distributed energy storage systems’ market participation
Local energy storage units can now participate in energy flexibility markets as active players all around the world in an easy way. This means that for example supermarkets can get added value for their assets and shorter payback times. In addition, they help to make the energy system greener. … Lue lisää…
Case Oomi Energy: The new nationwide energy company maximizes charging business opportunities
E-mobility services are a key part of energy company Oomi’s offering. Oomi was established in Spring 2020 and it is one of the biggest energy companies in Finland. Oomi offers electric car charging to housing co-operatives, homeowners and companies on a turnkey basis. Thanks to Virta’s comprehensive Branded service, Oomi… Lue lisää…
Savosolar has signed agreement with newHeat on delivery of solar heating plant in France
Savosolar Plc has signed an agreement with newHeat SAS on the turn-key delivery of a solar thermal field in Narbonne, France. After having developed and designed the project, newHeat will own and operate the system and sell the heat to the district heating company of Narbonne. Works for delivery… Lue lisää…
Savosolar wins tender to deliver two solar heating plants to NewHeat in France
Savosolar Plc has been selected as a preferred bidder to deliver two solar heating systems to NewHeat SAS in France. Newheat SAS will own the systems and sell the heat to district heating companies of Narbonne and Pons. The delivery contract negotiations are in progress, with both parties aiming to… Lue lisää…
JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy has made an investment in the European e-mobility platform company Virta
JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (“JXTG”) has completed an investment in Virta Ltd – a global leader of electric vehicle charging platform technologies, and signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation. The capital injection accelerates both companies’ growth in the e-mobility sector and strengthens their positions in providing energy… Lue lisää…
Savosolar to deliver a solar heating system in Eastern France
Savosolar has signed a contract worth over EUR 1.3 million with the subsidiary of the French company La Francaise de l’Energie (LFDE) to deliver a solar heating system in Creutzwald France. The system delivery and construction will start during the spring 2020, and the hand-over is planned for summer 2020.… Lue lisää…
Defying expectations of a rise, global carbon dioxide emissions flatlined in 2019
Despite widespread expectations of another increase, global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions stopped growing in 2019, according to IEA data released today. After two years of growth, global emissions were unchanged at 33 gigatonnes in 2019 even as the world economy expanded by 2.9%. This was primarily due to declining emissions from… Lue lisää…
Gasum takes steps forward in its growth strategy by acquiring AGA’s Clean Energy business and Nauticor’s Marine Bunkering business from Linde AG
Energy company Gasum is acquiring AGA’s Clean Energy business and Nauticor’s Marine Bunker-ing business from Linde AG. The acquisition will enhance the development of the Nordic gas market and create a platform for Gasum to provide a broader offering to meet the increasing demand for low-emission energy solutions from customers… Lue lisää…
Leanheat expands to Swedish property and district heating market
Leanheat, the developer of artificial intelligence solutions for district heating management, is expanding its business to the Swedish market. The company will make its widely used IoT solution for controlling the indoor temperature and humidity of district heated buildings available to Swedish property owners and district heating companies. Leanheat will… Lue lisää…
Bonava to be the first construction company in Finland to enable all parking bays to be EV ready at all new developments
Bonava starts a comprehensive service co-operation with Parking Energy Ltd (Parkkisähkö Oy) as the first large scale home builder in Finland. With this new framework service agreement Bonava will bring EV ready infrastructure to all parking bays at its new consumer retail properties. In practice, this means that every parking… Lue lisää…
Biogas from biodegradable waste ending up in general waste – Oulun Energia and Gasum gearing up for new type of investment
Oulun Energia and the energy company Gasum are working together on a local investment in Finland that would allow increased biogas production and processing into a road fuel biogas. The planned biogas plant would be located in conjunction with Oulun Energia’s Laanila eco power plant and, when completed, would be… Lue lisää…
International acknowledgement for a housing company in Tampere
The limited liability housing company of Tampereen Pohjolankatu 18-20 in cooperation with city of Tampere and Enermix Ltd. has won the Heat Pump City of the Year Award with their innovative project. The development of the Pohjolankatu 18-20 building is part of the EU-GUGLE project, which enhanced the energy efficiency… Lue lisää…
Be part of something that will change the World
Flexens has identified the opportunity to develop and build a full society scale energy system based on renewables on Åland – an island with ideal wind and solar conditions, an ambitious climate- and energy strategy as well as a population dedicated to sustainability. Flexens aim to become a world… Lue lisää…
How much storage does the ”Energiewende” need?
This blog post tries to assess the storage need in a highly industrialized country like Germany and find out what is the place of flexible demand, which is one of the central topics of BCDC Digital Team, in the big picture. A lot Since storage is one of the… Lue lisää…
St1’s clean energy solution wins the 2017 Finnish Clean Energy Solution Competition
The Finnish Clean Energy Solution Competition was arranged for the first time in 2017, attracting plenty of interest by a large number of high-quality projects and companies. The jury awarded first prize to St1 Lähienergia Oy, with housing company As Oy Tampereen Pohjolankatu 18-20 with utilities company Tampereen Sähkölaitos receiving… Lue lisää…
Improving the solar production forecast
Leading energy companies are investing in large solar power plants worldwide. Even private households are more and more setting up their own solar panels, adjusting to the ecological mindfulness society, which comes with economical benefits. The need of accurately predicted power production is critical for organizing how, where and when,… Lue lisää…
5 myths about renewable energy
The effort to switch from fossil fuels to clean and sustainable energy is an enormous effort and very intricate in all it details. Unsurprisingly this can lead to some misunderstandings and myths. Here are some of them. This blog was produced as part of the BCDC energy -project. Too many wind… Lue lisää…
Making communication networks greener: Your funny cat video is 100% delivered from your neighborhood
How can communication networks, e.g., Internet and mobile networks, save energy or go greener as we humanbeings try to do? For example, can we have signs everywhere reading as “Please turn off the Base Stations when leaving” or “Your funny cat video is 100% delivered from your neighborhood”? Well, the answer is… Lue lisää…
Inventory management, efficiency and electricity – for non-technical people
Let me start by presenting a simple example. Consider that I live with my family in a small farm with few chickens that produce eggs, which are pretty much for our own self-consumption. The main reason we decide to do so is that we would like to be 100% sure… Lue lisää…
Renewable energy crowdfunding conference 2015: What did we learn?
For the second consecutive year SolarPlaza had gathered members of renewable energy crowdfunding industry in London. Being a new and fresh industry, significant developments and leaps forward happen incredibly quickly. The top subjects, coming up various times during the conference day, were a lot different than only a year ago.… Lue lisää…
