28.10.2022 National news, News, Regional news Planning for an anode materials production facility for the battery manufacturing industry in Vaas Finnish Minerals Group and Epsilon Advanced Materials have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which the companies will evaluate the possibility of setting up an anode materials production facility in Vaasa. A plot of land in the GigaVaasa area has been reserved for the facility after it became vacant when the cooperation between Grafintec […]
11.01.2022 National news, News, Regional news Anode material production for GigaVaasa area under planning Press release 11.1.2022 Finnish company Grafintec Oy and Indian company Epsilon Advanced Materials have made a plot reservation and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Vaasa to establish an anode materials production facility in the GigaVaasa area. “We are delighted that our battery value chain will be complemented as planned, and previously […]
16.09.2021 National news, News, Regional news New ”Finland Cleantech Companies 2021” catalogue A new catalogue with over 100 Finnish cleantech companies has been published by Merinova. An animation describing the catalogue > https://www.dropbox.com/s/e07zip5lzdf38cg/merinova-finland-cleantech-720.mp4?dl=0. The new catalogue > EXC_2021_print.pdf (dropbox.com) https://www.finlandcleantech.fi/
12.08.2021 National news, News, Regional news FREYR Battery has chosen Vaasa as a location for a potential cell plant in Finland FREYR Battery (“FREYR”), a developer of next-generation battery cell production capacity, have entered into two memoranda of understanding (“MoU”) with Finnish Minerals Group and the City of Vaasa, respectively, for strategic collaborations on potential development of industrial scale battery cell technology and production in Finland. Along with the MoU with the City of Vaasa, FREYR […]
15.01.2021 Regional news Four parties in Vaasa to cooperate in wind power-to-hydrogen-to-electricity project This week Wärtsilä Finland, Vaasan Sähkö, EPV Energia and the City of Vaasa have signed a letter of intent to cooperate in a project aimed at utilising emissions-free hydrogen in power generation, industry and traffic applications. The project will be based in Vaasa and will focus on enabling a new way to store renewable energy. […]
17.11.2020 News, Regional news Federica Polo starts as EU Affairs Manager The work for creating a new approach to attract direct EU funding to the Vaasa region was started in the beginning of 2015. Bruno Woeran, who took up the post, moved back to his home country Austria in the spring of 2020. During the first five years, several project applications have been prepared from the […]
20200316 09:00:00 Events, Regional news EnergyWeek 2020 – March 16th to 20th The annual EnergyWeek gathers energy enthusiasts from all over the world to share information, hear about the latest news and most interesting cases, extend their networks and do business. https://www.energyweek.fi
04.09.2019 News, Regional news EnergyVaasa cluster continues to grow During the summer of 2019, the EnergyVaasa operators surveyed the statistical data of the most significant energy cluster in the Nordic countries and compiled updated key figures for the cluster. The figures show that the current high demand for energy efficient and cleantech products has had a positive impact even on EnergyVaasa. These are the […]
20190606 14:30:00 Events, Regional news AIM4EU Network Forum, 6.6.2019 VAASA Continuing the effort to strengthen the collaboration amongst industry and research institutions on all aspects for EU directly funded cooperative research projects in the Vaasa region, the topic for the next forum is to showcase the opportunities for IF – Individual Research Funding for incoming and outgoing Marie Curie Fellowships and other topics within Horizon2020, […]
26.03.2019 National news, News, Regional news EnergyWeek 2019 attracted nearly 4,500 visitors from 25 countries to Vaasa At the EnergyWeek 2019 event heard more than 100 speakers at over 20 different events and seminars. In addition to the event’s exhibitions, from tuesday to thursday with three different themes (wind and renewable energy, smart energy and Vaasa gas exhange), the city hall received over 170 exhibitors to present their products and services. In […]
21.08.2018 National news, News, Regional news Wärtsilä makes significant investment in Finland – the Smart Technology Hub, next-generation innovation and production centre, will be built in Vaasa Wärtsilä is building the Smart Technology Hub, a new centre of research, product development and production, in Vaskiluoto, Vaasa. As of 2020, all of Wärtsilä’s functions and personnel in central Vaasa will transfer to the new hub, along with the logistics and maintenance workshop operations from Runsor. As a part of the project, Wärtsilä will […]
June 12, 2018 10:00 Events, Regional news Cyber Security Seminar, 12.6.2018 10-12 h at Vaasa Airport Park (Futura 1) As a follow up to the Energy Week Cyber Security seminar, Milloh-Cs are together with Akamai arranging a short seminar, where you will get updated with the latest trends within Cyber Security. 2017 saw a significant increase in both DDoS and web application attacks, with cyber criminals using attack vectors both old and new to […]
