ETELÄ-KARJALAN JÄTEHUOLTO OY USES BIOWASTE FROM THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH KARELIA AND SLUDGE FROM SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS TO PRODUCE BIOGAS UTILISED AS TRANSPORT FUEL. COMMISSIONED IN 2020, THE KUKKUROINMÄKI BIOGAS PLANT HELPS THE OWNER MUNICIPALITIES TO ACHIEVE THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS BY REDUCING TRANSPORT EMISSIONS IN THE REGION.
IN 2022, THE NUMBER OF IMATRAN LÄMPÖ OY’S DISTRICT HEATING CUSTOMERS INCREASED MORE THAN IN THE THREE PREVIOUS YEARS COMBINED. THE REASON FOR THE RAPID GROWTH CAN BE FOUND BEHIND THE BORDER: RUSSIA’S WAR OF AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE HAS PROMPTED BOTH COMPANIES AND CONSUMERS TO SEEK ALTERNATIVES TO REPLACE NATURAL GAS AND OIL AS HEAT SOURCES. AS A RESULT OF THE HEATING METHOD CHANGES, CUSTOMERS’ CO2 EMISSIONS HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED.
LAITEX OY, A FAMILY COMPANY FROM LAPPEENRANTA, WANTS TO BE THE BEST PROVIDER OF MATERIAL HANDLING SOLUTIONS ON THE MARKET IN THE BUSINESS OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY. THE JOURNEY TOWARDS THE GOAL IS PROGRESSING WELL, AND THE COMPANY IS NOW GROWING AT A RECORD SPEED. FOR LAITEX, THE GREEN TRANSITION IS FULL OF OPPORTUNITIES WORTH MILLIONS.
The City of Lappeenranta in Finland is testing an energy storage system at the Selkäharju district heating plant. It is a heat accumulator system whose testing started in 2019 at the Mustola district, Lappeenranta. The testing ended in January 2022, when changes to the district heating network due to the energy crisis meant that Mustola was no longer a suitable test site for the project. The testing will be moved from Mustola to Selkäharju, and at the same time, the storage modules will be changed from a salt-based to a metal-based solution.
Threading-CO2 aims to scale-up and demonstrate its first-of-its-kind technology producing high-quality commercially viable sustainable PET textile products from CO2 waste streams at industrial scale (TRL7) using a circular manufacturing approach and running on renewable energy sources.
The uniqueness of the gas turbines developed by Aurelia Turbines lies in their efficiency, structure and the wide range of fuels available. The road is open from Lappeenranta to the global market worth billions, and the company is now gathering resources to conquer the world.
Lappeenrannan Asuntopalvelu Oy is actively looking for ways to increase environmental friendliness. The company is committed to reducing its carbon dioxide emissions by 50% by 2025 and by 80% by 2033. In order to reach its target, Asuntopalvelu has changed the heat source from fossil fuels to renewable energy in a number of its buildings and is increasing the efficiency of its energy use within the framework of the Municipalities’ Energy Efficiency Agreement (KETS).