Climate-friendly energy for customers of Vantaa Energy
Climate-friendly energy for customers of Vantaa Energy
Vantaa Energy will phase out fossil fuels in energy production by year 2026. For customers, this means increasingly more environmentally friendly energy via the heating network. Phasing out fossil fuels is a climate deed and a significant step towards carbon neutrality: Vantaa Energy’s goal is to be carbon neutral in 2030. With Vantaa Energy’s Fossil-free […]
Read moreVantaa Energy, YIT and AFRY to build the world’s biggest seasonal heat storage using the alliance model
Vantaa Energy has chosen YIT and the design and consulting company AFRY Finland Oy as its partners to develop and build a seasonal heat storage in Vantaa using the alliance model. The value of the contract is approximately EUR 75 million, of which the share of the development stage is approximately EUR 1.6 million. The […]
Read moreVantaa Energy, Sweco and Fira to implement a waste treatment plant using the alliance model
Vantaa Energy, Sweco and Fira have signed a project alliance agreement on the implementation of a waste treatment plant for non-recyclable waste. The agreement concerns the development stage of the alliance. The aim is to proceed to the implementation stage at the beginning of 2022. Vantaa Energy has chosen Sweco and Fira as its alliance […]
Read moreFinland’s largest Power-to-Gas plant – Wärtsilä and Vantaa Energy to continue planning towards an investment decision
Rendering of P2G plant of Vantaa Energy, producing synthetic methane for the needs of district heating and transportation in connection with the utility’s waste-to-energy plant © Wärtsilä Corporation The technology group Wärtsilä and Finnish utility, Vantaa Energy Ltd, have signed a co-operation agreement for pre-engineering and development of a Power-to-Gas (P2G) plant for Vantaa Energy. The plant […]
Read moreThe role of a cavern thermal energy storage as part of an evolving district heating system
Vantaa Energy is planning to implement the world’s largest cavern thermal energy storage in the city of Vantaa. The amount of heat contained in the facility, 90 GWh, would meet the heating need of a medium-sized Finnish town and it also corresponds to about five per cent of the annual heat consumption of Vantaa. Among […]
Read moreFuel from the air?
Electrofuels are fuels that have been produced by decomposing water into hydrogen and oxygen with the aid of electricity. The process is called electrolysis. Hydrogen can be used as such, but it can also be converted to a form that is easier to store and more readily suitable for current areas of use, i.e. synthetic […]
Read moreVantaa Energy aims to be carbon neutral already in 2030
Vantaa Energy is taking another giant leap in its climate targets and has now set a goal of being carbon neutral in 2030. The innovative energy production solutions of the Fossil-Free 2026 project for transforming the energy sector help to achieve this goal. Vantaa Energy’s journey towards climate-neutral energy production started at the beginning of […]
Read moreVantaa Energy’s journey toward fossil-free energy production is proceeding rapidly
Vantaa Energy is giving up fossil fuels in its energy production in the Vantaa region already in 2026. Constant development work on energy production has paid off, and the company has cut its emissions significantly in just a few years; after 2010, its carbon emissions have decreased by 55 %. The journey toward cleaner energy […]
Read moreVantaa Energy’s seasonal thermal storage proceeds to the next round in a very competitive EU proposal call
Vantaa Energy’s seasonal thermal storage project has proceeded to the second round of the EU Innovation Fund’s first call for projects. Getting to the second round was extremely competitive—only the most promising 70 projects out of 311 applicants made the cut. Through the fund, the EU supports innovative technologies that help mitigate climate change — […]
Read moreIn 2020 Vantaa Energy made good progress towards fossil-free energy production
Year 2020 was successful for the Vantaa Energy Group both financially and operationally. As a result of several projects launched during the year, Vantaa Energy progressed step by step towards fossil-free energy production in 2026. As a cherry on the cake, our heat customers gave us an all-time best score in the customer satisfaction survey […]
Read moreInnovations speed up Vantaa Energy’s journey to a fossil-free future
Vantaa Energy’s Fossil-Free 2026 project is on schedule and its key subprojects are well underway. Innovative solutions, such as an AI-enhanced bio power plant, geothermal heat and the world’s largest seasonal heat storage system will speed up the transition to a fossil-free future in Vantaa. Climate change will not wait. That is why Vantaa Energy […]
Read moreLooking for an alliance partner to Vantaa Energy’s STES project – to change the energy sector and thereby the world
The largest seasonal thermal energy storage (STES) in the world Vantaa Energy is planning to quarry a 50–60-metre deep network of rock caves for a seasonal storage facility for heat. The facility will store natural water, and energy can be stored in its temperature change with district heating circulation. The facility to be built underground […]
Read moreExtension of waste-to-energy plant in Vantaa proceeds according to schedule
Vantaa Energy’s project to extend its waste-to-energy (WTE) plant is proceeding in accordance with the original plan. The next step is to install the main equipment in March 2021. The plant extension is scheduled to be in use in the autumn of 2022. In the future, waste from trade and industries in addition to mixed […]
Read moreEU intends to promote heat storage – Vantaa Energy to build the world’s largest seasonal heat storage
The European Union intends to support the development of innovative heat storage solutions to mitigate climate change. This commitment is warmly welcome, as such technologies are vital for speeding up the phase-out of fossil fuels. Vantaa Energy is currently building the world’s largest seasonal thermal energy storage system, which can, for example, store solar heat […]
Read moreCustomer satisfaction in district heating at an excellent level! Thank you, our customers.
Our district heating customers gave us an excellent score in the customer satisfaction survey conducted by Innolink. The survey was completed at the end of 2020. The objective of the survey was to chart the level of satisfaction among our district heating customers with regard to the operation and services of the company and to […]
Read moreExtension of Vantaa Energy’s waste-to-energy plant progressing on schedule
Works of the extension of Vantaa Energy’s waste-to-energy plant are progressing on schedule, currently proceeding from earthworks to constructing the buildings of the new plant. In future, waste from trade and industry in addition to mixed waste from households will be utilised in energy production in Vantaa. The extension project of the waste-to-energy plant is […]
Read moreArtificial intelligence leads the way towards fossil-free energy production
Vantaa Energy, the IT service company CGI, and Sumitomo SHI FW are developing a completely new kind of solution in Finland for reducing the environmental impacts of energy production. It was possible to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of the Martinlaakso power plant by more than 3,000 tonnes per year already in the first phase […]
Read moreVantaa Energy to phase out fossil fuels already by 2026
Vantaa Energy is taking another leap in its climate targets by phasing out fossil fuels by 2026. The rapid schedule is enabled by the utilisation of excess energy produced in waste processing, seasonal storage of heat, and the use of geothermal ground-source heat and solar energy. Last autumn, Vantaa Energy took the decision to end […]
Read moreUse of peat in energy production in Vantaa will end in 2021
The use of peat in the Martinlaakso biopower plant will become history next year when a system developed for the management of combustion and corrosion will be introduced at the plant. Commissioned in 2019, peat at the biopower plant has accounted for about 10 per cent of the total fuel volume in order to slow […]
Read moreConstruction of Vantaa Energy’s geothermal heating plant started
(Drilling of the geothermal heating plant in the Varisto is in progress. Photo by Jaakko Jaskari) The construction of Vantaa Energy’s geothermal heating plant in the Varisto district of Vantaa kicked off in early September. The heating plant is scheduled for commissioning at the end of 2020. The construction work is carried out by Quantitative […]
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