02.05.2023 Regional news EU Affairs Manager: EU funding opportunities EU funding opportunities: Funding for research and innovation projects, Tauno Kekäle, project manager, Technology Centre Merinova. On 16th of May 2023 at 9.00-12.00 Location: Vaasa University Fabriikki F119 Program: Welcome Introduction to Merinova EU Affairs Manager service: what help we provide and what you should be prepared with. Research questions and consortia: how to prepare […]
30.01.2023 National news, News, Regional news High voltage substation for GigaVaasa area As a major electricity distributor in Finland, EPV Alueverkko is also involved in a project to build a large battery technology hub in Laajametsä, Vaasa. The planned construction of this major consumer hub in the area has triggered measures at EPV to ensure that we provide the required services in line with the electricity connections. […]
March 20, 2023 09:00 Events, National news, Regional news Energy Week 2023 The most significant international networking and sales event for the energy sector in the Nordic countries, EnergyWeek, will be organized between March 20–24, 2023. The event has four themes: energy and environment, wind and renewable energy, gas, and energy storage. The topics of the energy storage day are, among others, battery technologies and establishments, hydrogen, […]
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, […]
