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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 Åland Energy Island project. This…
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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 for its project in Lieto,…
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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 energy and ammonia self-sufficiency for…
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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, owned by the energy company…
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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 fastest-growing company in Europe to…
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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 electricity supply. In the demonstration…
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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 storage solutions. ABOUT NEWSETS NewSETS,…
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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. By joining forces in…
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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. This new system is possible…
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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 can focus on reselling and…
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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 will begin in August, and…
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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 finalize them in few weeks’…
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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 for mobility, while accelerating the…
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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. LFDE subsidiary will own and…
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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 electricity generation in advanced economies,…
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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 in industry, maritime and road…
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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 start building its organization in…
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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 bay will be installed with…
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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 the first biogas plant to…
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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 of the demonstration buildings of…
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