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Setting the example

Energy and Environment Seminar

Vaasa Wind Exchange Networking Event

Energy and Buildings

Renewable Efficient Energy IV

Big questions require big thinkingCatching the opportunities of change

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ABB/Heikki Uusitalo

Finnish Energy Industries (ET)/Eeva Kalli

EPV/Frans Liski

Wärtsilä/Stefan Damlin

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FOREWORDRobert Olander

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The future is her business and business is good

Welcome to Finland, the coldest country in Europe. According to Eeva Kalli, director of Communications and PublicAffairs at the Finnish Ener-gy Industries (ET), this is what makes energy such a hot topic. “Finland is an energy country. Cold, dark winters and a high amount of energy intensive industry place us among the top spenders of electricity – we can’t help that light and heating are an essential part of our Northern lives.” The energy stats also say something about the Finnish society – people can afford to live in well-equipped homes.Still it does seem a bit rash that the typical Finnish family can easily tri-ple the amount of electricity spent by the average EU-household. The way Eeva sees it, there is spending and then there is wise spending. “I like to call the Finns a world record population – we have so much to be proud of, although we don’t usually admit it. Our energy effectiveness is excellent and CHP (combined heat and power), which is common in Finland, is a truly environmentally friendly way to produce electricity and heat.” However, there is one thing that beats the others in terms of awe-someness: smart meters. This clever little tool together with appropriate software allows every household to monitor their own spending in order to adjust their behaviour and consume electricity when it’s cheap. The smart meters also offer spine-tingling opportunities for Finland’s clean-tech business. “Remote meter reading is done in other countries too, but not like this. This comprehensive remote metering cannot be found elsewhere. Smart metering makes it possible to increase energy efficiency, create flexible de-

mand and also to put excess electricity produced small-scaled by house-holds back on the market. This is definitely something Finland, as a first mover, could export in the future.” Get your notebooks, decision makers.

Not exactly love at first sight

One might think that Eeva has always been excited about energy, but there was a time when she wasn’t all too impressed. “I used to think that the energy industry was mainly chimneys and fossil fuels and stuff…not too dazzling, in other words. But the more you scratch the surface, the more interesting it gets. The entire energy business turned out to be a lot more advanced than I would’ve thought! I’ve grown to ad-mire engineers and their proactive, logical and justifiable way of thinking.” Another apparition for Eeva was the surprisingly high amount of wom-en in the industry – she was prepared to work amongst a bunch of tech savvy guys. “Over half of my colleagues are women, but there could be more! Wom-en have a tendency to carry the world’s problems on their shoulders, but I’ve noticed that they also pay more attention to communication, while men can get stuck on the technical side of things. Things are often compli-cated, multifaceted and technical – also for me – and that’s why we need to keep it simple.” There’s definitely a communications challenge in the energy business. Lucky for us, there are people like Eeva who are willing to do something about it. Maybe a few more female colleagues wouldn’t hurt?

The Finnish Energy Industries (ET) is a sector organization for the industrial and labour market policy of the energy sector. It represents companies that produce, acquire, transmit and sell electricity, district heat and district cooling and offer related services. ET also promotes the competitiveness of Finnish industry, citizens’ well-being and the reputation of the sector by taking part in the development of the energy market and safeguarding the availability of sufficient and disturbance-free energy to households and industry.

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The future is her business and business is good

Ten years is nothing

While most people are making plans for the year 2014 (or next weekend), Eeva usually has her thoughts fixed somewhere around 2020 or 2050. “2020 is just around the corner! 5 – 10 years is a short time in the energy business. Investments are long-term, so the future is really being shaped as we speak. This is why I find it incredibly important for our decision makers to agree what the future should look like and, more importantly, commit to make the right decisions every day.”

For example, people are already busy working with a carbon neutral vision for 2050. For the record, that’s 36 years from now. “I admit that it’s challenging to work with the future, but it’s also exciting and inspiring. Sometimes things start moving in the wrong direction and then it’s important to have patience – when the time perspective is long, there can be many turns back and forth.”

Outsmarting firewood

So, what does the future have in store for us? Back in the day people started each morning by fetching firewood, currently even the doghouse has elec-trical heating. Eeva doesn’t see an end to this trend. “My generation would probably never spend a lot of their waking hours working for their energy. But although we have higher demands, I hope no one has lost the ability to use common sense.” How about lowering the heat in spaces that are not used every day or shutting off unnecessary lights? We can do that. When it comes to the other parts, technology, automation, and smart systems fill in the gaps so that people won’t have to give up their current lifestyles. “If people have to press buttons and monitor the energy consumption all day long, energy enslaves them in the wrong way. In the future smart systems will make good decisions for us. We will even have so called Smart Cities that operate in a clever way on a larger scale.”

On the road to self-sufficiency

According to a recent study ¾ of the Finns would make Finland electri- cally self-sufficient. Eeva, too, is a believer in the cause. In fact, the Finnish government has set the same goal. “We need consistent politics and predictability. I’m glad that the overall attitude seems to be positive, because this boosts the will to make invest-ments needed.” Further, the same study showed that under 20 % of the Finns are pre-pared to support small-scale production through increased prices or taxes. “People are in favour of small-scale energy production, but not prepared

Does Energy-Eeva ever switch off and live without electricity? Yes she does!

“I can survive without electricity just fine, it can even be sort of therapeutic. I admit that I

wouldn’t want to live without it, but at my summer cottage I enjoy not having any

unnecessary gadgets around.”

“2020 is just around the corner!”

to pay any extra for it. Thus, the small-scale production should and can be increased, but not at any cost. Social justice has to be kept in mind.” The unwillingness to increase one’s electrical bill might have something to do with the fact that, according to the same study, people think they are already paying a lot for their daily power supply. Truth is, Finland has some of the world’s cheapest electricity. “Proof is in the pudding – it’s human to think that the prices are high, considering the fact that we’re living in an extremely energy intensive country. So, whether it’s true or not, the people’s opinion underlines the need to make sure that energy is affordable also in the future.” There was also a highly sensitive sauna question in the study… Eeva explains: “We threw in an icebreaker to get people engaged in the questionnaire. The question was whether the Finns would consider going to joint saunas in order to save electricity. The answer was no! Saunas are a sacred thing in this country.” The intention was never to take away the nations most beloved tradi-tion, but rather test Finns’ limits and challenge the habits. If people choose to enjoy the heat at a time when electricity demand and prices aren’t peak-ing, there is no reason to worry about the electricity spent in a sauna.

Dismiss the cynics

Let’s draw an imaginary map. Use a red crayon for all the countries where total energy demand is growing and a green one for all the countries where total demand is decreasing. Looks kind of red, doesn’t it? ”It’s easy to get frustrated or even heartbroken in the global energy business – that’s why we need a new mindset.Although we can’t solve the environmental challenges on our own, Europe needs to be the pioneer and find solutions that can be used all around the world. We cannot afford to raise our hands and stop caring.” So, is it utopia to think that a small place like the Vaasa region could make a difference? Again, Eeva is optimistic. “The energy cluster in the Vaasa region is really impressive. The compa-nies make each other stronger and together they solve challenges that do make a global difference.” There are also companies that make a difference locally. For example, three Vaasa based companies were awarded the 2012 climate achievement prize (Vuoden ilmastoteko). Although big power plants are impressive projects, Eeva also wants to stress the importance of everyday deeds. The smallest person, place or project can really change the cause of the future. “We absolutely need events like EnergyWeek to pull us away from our calendars and get us brainstorming instead. I’m looking forward to it!”

Let’s start with the facts. In 2012 the ABB group spent some 1,4 billion USD on R&D. Yes, that’s a lot. Around 15 % (184 M€) of that were put to use by almost 800 R&D experts at ABB Finland. For the record, that’s a lot too. All of these managers, directors and developers have one man sup-porting them: Heikki Uusitalo, coach extraordinaire, CTO and Division Manager of ABB Finland. What’s his story? “ABB’s R&D has a strong command post in Finland. My task is to coor-dinate and support the cooperation between diff erent development units. We focus on our core knowledge and keep updated on changing customer requirements – the rest is what we call open innovation”, Heikki explains. Customers get to take part in the development process but there is also constant cooperation with universities in Finland and Europe. Electrical engineering remains an important research subject, but ABB has also de-fi ned 35 sub-areas that the universities are looking into, proposing new possibilities. “It’s important to have a good network because ABB cannot possibly know everything. Some 5 – 6 years ago the universities didn’t really have deeper knowledge about solar power in Finland, so we started developing it together.” According to Heikki the only way to remain a technology leader is to

attract highly educated professionals who ensure that ABB will always

score high in terms of tech-nology, product develop-

ment and investments.

By the power of the sun

ABB’s broad product portfolio is connected by one thing: energy effi ciency. In the past years renew-able energy has been a hot topic – a trend ABB has been sure not to miss. For example, the fi rst all-elec-tric passenger car in Vaasa, a Nis-san Leaf, was introduced in the red and white colours of ABB. “It’s a clear global trend and growing requirement to replace fossil fuels and clean energy off ers fuel that is pure. As the leading pro-ducer of charging systems it made sense to get an all-electric ABB car.” Besides having one of the larg-est solar power stations in Finland ABB also leads the market when it comes to producing solar power inverters. “Solar power is exploding at the moment! Th e sun shines just as much in Finland as it does in Northern Germany. Five years from now it will be cheaper to pro-duce your own solar power than taking that very same electricity out of the wall plug. Now we just need to fi nd a way to store the ex-cess solar energy we get in the sum-mertime so it can be used later on.” Comforting words to read in the middle of a dark Finnish kaamos, don’t you think?

Defenders of the faith

Although the global market off ers endless possibilities, the challenge is to attract enough young talents to the fi elds of electricity and auto-mation. According to Heikki 25 % of the world’s electricity gets used in electric motors – no wonder

ABB is passionate about creating new solutions. “Everyone knows that we have a global warming problem. Unless we do something about it, the emis-sions will keep increasing. ABB is interrupting this development through several diff erent solutions. For example, when we combine an electric motor with a frequency converter we can cut energy costs and emissions in the industry. Th e technology to decrease CO2 emis-sions is already available.” ABB is also making an energy statement in projects like INKA and Ilmastokumppanit (Climate Companions), promoting new technology and renewable energy solutions. But is it enough that the big players are truehearted? How could all businesses get equally in-terested in saving energy? “We want to set a good example – our brand demands it. ABB wants to be a good citizen, a good exam-ple. We want everyone, big or small, to understand that everything they do matters. Th at’s the big thing, that’s the most important thing. By improving the energy effi ciency of our own factories we’re proving that it’s possible to work like this.” Th e energy cluster’s image de-mands that companies demonstrate how innovations can be integrated into people’s lives. New energy forms need to be pushed forward in the region, accompanied by a good, optimistic discussion focused on the future. “In true clean tech you save the earth while you save costs”, as Heik-ki puts it. How’s that for a motto for this year’s EnergyWeek?

Setting the example

6 Setting the example

CHALLENGE: TRY SAVING AS MUCH ELECTRICITY AS

POSSIBLE DURING ENERGYWEEK!

Here’s a pep talk from Heikki to get you started:

”By making good decisions you can decrease your energy spending by 20 – 30 %. Shut off unnecessary lights, adjust your heating, add smart elements to your home. But most importantly understand that you can be a part of the change. You can make important, energy saving decisions every day, all the time!”

7Big questions require big thinking

If we are to believe William Arthur Ward, the pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist ex-pects it to change and the realist adjusts the sails. Frans Liski, CEO of the subsidiary EPV Windpower Ltd., would describe himself as a realist. He is no sailor, but the wind has fascinated him for a very long time. “At EPV we started thinking about wind power in 2005. I bet a lot of people had their doubts at the time, but we strongly believed in this emerging trend”, Frans says. EPV has never been about build-ing a lot of wind farms. Instead low costs and cutting edge technology have been the focus of this regional, industrial scale pioneer. “Ten years ago wind power was research, a hobby. No one thought too highly of it. Someone made a farm that was operational some-where for some time, but that was it. Big things just can’t be solved by small deeds – that’s why we need to build big, energy producing tur-bines.” Great technological leaps have already enabled projects that seemed doubtful some three years ago. In order to gain true credibil-ity Frans dreams of a world where wind power could be generated without tax money. “EPV’s production-oriented philosophy has got us far. We’re not working on anyone’s behalf, be-cause we intend to outlive the feed-in tariff . We never do anything ‘quick and dirty’. Extensive deals

Big questions require big thinkingand long term thinking are impor-tant now and in the future.” To use a metaphor one could say that EPV doesn’t build houses that can be sold – they build houses that can be lived in.

A stormy, healthy business

At the moment technology is gain-ing such speed that Frans describes a wind farm built in 2009 as “rath-er ancient”. However, there is an old watermill, built aft er the wars, that still runs on the same machin-ery. Frans is highly inspired by the thought – he would like to build equally durable wind farms. “Th e Finnish wind conditions are quite ordinary. Our extensive forest cover requires the turbines to be at least 150 m high. Th e swept area of a turbine can get up to 1,5 times the size of a football fi eld but generate surprisingly good results in mediocre wind conditions.” Although the infrastructure would stand the test of time, fl uctuating energy prices will always exist. Wind power, for instance, is available when the wild wind blows – it cannot be summoned by will. However, Frans

DID YOU KNOW?

Here are some predictions for the worldwide wind power capacity in 2030:

GWEC: 1 129–2 106 GWIEA: 430–538 GW

What do you think? Let Frans know!

doesn’t believe in building wind power at any cost. A few can do it, maybe even ten, but aft er that fi nancially viable ventures are a must. Wind power needs to be a healthy form of business too. “It’s a game of Russian roulette to focus on a single source of energy. A freezing day requires a broad portfolio – power-generating facilities paired with an energy mass utilizing clean options. Our task is to gener-ate energy, not just be present. Th at should be the case for every energy company.” Th e goal is to have notable production in 2020. At the moment the EPV wind power program about 20 projects and 80 approved licences. Th e fi rst one of the projects is already well on its way, so Frans is optimistic. “It’s not always easy to keep pushing forward, but it’s a lot easier with a clear conscience. What really keeps us motivated is a common belief, a vision, a passion.” So, which winds will be blowing at this year’s EnergyWeek? “EnergyWeek is a unique opportunity to get the big picture of what’s going on in the wind power business right now. Lauri Tarasti, Licentiate in Laws, brought some well needed sense to the general discussion in 2013, so I’m looking forward to some interesting talks this year!”

8 Catching the opportunities of change

Nothing lasts forever, but the certainty of change – at least if you ask Bruce Dickinson. You may know him as the singer of a British heavy metal band, an airline pilot or a sought-aft er speaker at business events. Th e list goes on because Bruce breathes diversity. But let’s talk about Stefan Damlin, Managing Director and local pilot of Wärtsilä Finland. Stefan, too, knows a thing or two about change. Did you know that one of his most endorsed skills on LinkedIn is actually Change Management? “I see change as a possibility. When something changes, a new window of opportunity is opened”, Stefan says. In a big organisation like Wärtsilä it’s hard to imagine that everyone would immediately welcome new views. Aft er all, the human brain enjoys good old routines. How does Stefan tackle change resistance? “You need to lead the change, not just be a part of it. In the energy busi-ness new opportunities arise every day and that can be very exhausting but also rewarding. Communication is extremely important. Th ings run much smoother when people understand what’s changing and why. If you’re comfortable in adjusting your own role, it helps other people change.” A good strategy with clear goals is also a must. Although there are a lot of possibilities up for grabs, the grabbing needs to be more than ad hoc. Wärtsilä has chosen to focus all eff orts on three key areas – Smart Power Generation, Gas and Environment – and leave all other opportunities with less importance.

End-to-end, headed for the impossible

At Wärtsilä people work with a doer mentality, with the mindset that the impossible just takes a bit longer to complete. According to Stefan the most massive muscles are fl exed by a number of sturdy teams. “I’ve realized the strength of teams – the right skills at the right place. During the past two years we’ve tried to make Wärtsilä as customeroriented as possible, both from order to delivery and a product point of view. Th e best solution was to introduce end-to-end responsibility throughout the entire chain. Now everyone understands what the custom-er wants and needs.” So yes, Wärtsilä makes engines. But there is also the additional value generated by diff erent energy solutions and eff ective, organized teams that are allowed to dream.

Skills in rotation

Stefan underlines that human know-how will and has always been number one at Wärtsilä. Th e challenge is to attract skilled doers – especially women, who traditionally are a bit of a rarity in the energy business. “We have strong, internal learning programs for leadership, tech-nology and fi nance. We’re also engaged in international organiza-tions that shape the future of the energy business and give us valuable knowledge about tomorrow’s topics.” Stefan believes that there’s also much to learn at Wärtsilä. “Job rotation is an important part of the development of ouremployees. You can either seek for an international position or take on new challenges by switching to a diff erent position in Finland.” Th e goal is to give the employees an extensive knowledge base by

Catching the opportunities of change

experiencing diff erent parts of the organization. Just look at Stefan – since 1991 he’s worked in leading positions at all four divisions of the company!

12-year-old professionals

When is a good time to start looking for new energy experts? Th is year Wärtsilä decided to start at age 12. “We took part in a project called Me & MyCity with the aim to en-courage entrepreneurship and make the energy business interesting at an early age. Th e Managing Director of Me & MyCity, Wärtsilä, told me his job was fun and easy. I don’t know about easy, but I defi nitely agree on the fun part!” To catch talents closer to work life, Wärtsilä takes part in R&D coope-ration projects with universities, in Vaasa and abroad. At the moment there is also an Energy Education Strategy on the drawing board. “Th e dream scenario would be that students of economy, law and tech-nology would be familiar with each other’s subjects. Th at way a lawyer would understand some basic technology, an economist would be famil-iar with energy legislation etc.”

At this year’s EnergyWeek Stefan looks forward to meeting new people and discussing currentenergy issues. Remem-ber, change is always an opportunity andEnergyWeek is packed with new ideas!

Me & MyCity is a study module on society, working life and entrepreneurship. Me & MyCity off ers 6th grade children (12-13 years of age) information and positive experiences of enterprises and diff erent professions.

WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE ENERGY TO WORK WITH ENERGY ISSUES?

This keeps Stefan going:

1. Family and friends2. Outdoor hot tub3. Jogging4. The energy industry itself with its endless, inspiring possibilities

9EnergyWeek 2014 - A Matter of Energy

- A MATTER OF ENERGY

THE VAASA REGION IS POWERED BY ENERGYVAASA, THE LARGEST ENER-GY CLUSTER IN THE NORDIC COUN-TRIES. THE ANNUALLY ORGANIZED VAASA ENERGYWEEK IS THE PLACE WHERE THE CLUSTER COMPANIES GATHER TO NETWORK AND MAKE BUSINESS.

EnergyWeek 2014 Vaasa

Vaasa EnergyWeek off ers interesting events and forums for experts in both the public and private sectors. Th e mix of fi ve diff erent events provides a unique opportunity to update your energy knowledge, concerning business and tech-nical issues. Meet people excited about energy, join the discussions and expand your professional network to the next level. Th is is the place to be to get con-nected!

Vaasa EnergyWeek is arranged for the third time in March 2014. In 2013 we attracted more than 2000 energy experts. In 2014 the week will once again be fi lled with interesting topics and inspiring speakers.

A seminar about Finlands way towards a low-carbon society and the opportunities trough the Innovative Cities program (INKA).

A roadmap for biogas – collaboration to pro-mote production and utilization in Finland and Sweden.

Work the net and get to know the whole Finnish wind power scene – the markets and its makers.

A deep-dive, two-day conference especially for academic and busi-ness professionals.

Near-zero energy building solutions for the Nordic climate pre-sented and discussed by experts during aone-day seminar.

March 17, 2014

Energy and Environment Seminar

Biogas Botnia

Vaasa Wind Exchange

Renewable Effi cient Energy IV

Energy & Buildings

March 18, 2014 March 18-19, 2014 March 19-20, 2014 March 20, 2014

EnergyWeek AppTh is app is created exclusively for Vaasa EnergyWeek and contains informa-tion about the seminar program, speakers and other event information. To make your visit as eff ortless as possible, the app also features information about hotels, restaurants, transportations etc. Whenever you have a spare moment you can entertain yourself with the pocket-sized wind power plant, where you are the master of the wind!

Download the app from:

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10 Event 1: Energy & Environment Seminar

The Buzz: INKA

Th is year’s Energy and Environment Seminar presents the main themes; towards a low carbon society and opportunities through innovative cities program (INKA). INKA is going to guide the development of the Finnish export industry in the coming years, because its blooming growth potential has guaranteed a market with great possibilities. How are the energetic INKA-cities Vaasa, Pori and Lappeenranta taking advan-tage of this unique opportunity? Th e Energy and Environment seminar will look at INKA from many per-spectives – from setting goals to tak-ing action – and energy technology leaders ABB and Wärtsilä will also tell us their side of the story.

Energy & Environment SeminarKEEPING YOU UPDATED ON CURRENT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES SINCE 2005.

Vaasa City HallSenaatinkatu 1

17.3.2014

12:00 – 16:30

The opportunities for Finland through the Innovative Cities program.

Presentations in Finnish. No event Translation.

Decision-makers, organization representatives and others excited

about energy and environmental issues.

#TEM #Tekes #INKA #ABB

#Wärtsilä #SustainableEnergySolutions

#EnergyExport #Innovation

Program outline

Towards carbon neutral solutions

Pekka Haavisto, Minister for inter-national Development

Mari Pantsar-Kallio, SITRATh e opportunities for Finland trough the Innovative Cities program

Mika Pikkarainen, TEKES

Anna-Kaisa Valkama, Technology Centre Merinova Vaasa

Jarmo Partanen, LUT Energy Lappeenranta

Marko Lehtimäki, Prizztech, Pori

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Work the net

We are expecting over 200 visitors – get that kinetic energy going and see how many hands you can shake during coff ee breaks!

Contact information

For more information, please con-tact: Mia Brännbackamia.brannbacka@chamber.fi +358 (0)50 309 2331

>> Check out energyweek.fi for more details!

11Event 2: Biogas Botnia

The Buzz: Biogas as a vehicle fuel

Southern Sweden is already 10 years ahead of us when it comes to using gas as a vehicle fuel. However, there are also local success stories to tell. At Biogas Botnia you will get to know the key actors in the biogas puzzle and discover the regional potential in production of renewable methane gas (biogas).

One of the seminar’s lectures will be dedicated to the fi nal consumers of gas. Yes, vehicle users, that’s you! Learn how to lower your oil depend-ence and explore the many econom-ical and environmental benefi ts of a biogas driven car.

Program outline

Anders Mathiasson / Energigas Sverige- introductory lecture about worldusage and development of gas

Production Potential in the BotniaRegion / Th e Biogas Botnia Project- presentation of the one year EU-fi nanced project (existing plants, plans in progress).

On-site visit / Ab Stormossen’s biogas plant- take the tour at our local biogas plant. Gas cars on display!

Biogas BotniaBECAUSE YESTERDAY’S FUEL WON’T CHANGE BY ITSELF.

Sokos Hotel Vaakuna, Rewell Center (3rd fl oor) 18.3.2014

13:00 – 17:00

Using biogas as a vehicle fuel.

Presentations in English.

Researchers, politicians, plant operators, citizens looking for

a modern car

#Biogas #BiogasBotnia

#FutureFuel #RegionalProduction

#GasCars

Work the net

Share knowledge and experien-ces, ask tough questions or take the opportunity to join the dialogue meeting for biogas stakeholders. Jump right in and get excited about regionally produced biogas!

Get in the mood

Are you eager to learn aboutbiofuel? Scan the QR-code to see the process from waste to fuel as being sketched by Big Steve.

Follow the signs in front of the hotel or ask the receptionist

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Contact information

Johan SaarelaAb Stormossen OyTel. +358 (0)50 376 5054E-mail. johan.saarela@stormossen.fi

Julia PetterssonBioFuel Region ABMobil: +46 70 302 02 19julia.pettersson@biofuelregion.se

>> Check out energyweek.fi for more details!

12 Event 3: Vaasa Wind Exchange

The Buzz: Wind Power

When will wind power settle in Finland for good? It’s only a matter of time. Th e Ostrobothnia region is a growing and developing centre of wind power business and its ambitious breeze attracts skilled international and domestic experts to Vaasa each year.

If wind power is your interest, this is the time to stack up on information and begin networking within the fi eld. How would you take advantage of our renewable sources of energy? Join the discussion at Vaasa Wind Exchange and share your views on the future!

Vaasa Wind ExchangeTOP INTERNATIONAL WIND POWER EVENT.

Vaasa City HallSenaatinkatu 118. – 19.3.2014

Tue 10:00-16:00 / Wed 10:00-15:00

Finnish wind power scene.

Presentations in English. Event translation (ENG to FI) on Tuesday.

Wind power professionals, investors, authorities, landowners,

developers and builders of wind power plants.

#WindPower #Ostrobothnia #Networking

#RenewableEnergy

Program outline

Tuesday 18 March 201410:00 – 16:00 Vaasa Wind Exchange exhibition open

11:30 – 16:00 Th e future of Finnish wind power seminar with speakers as Minister of the Environment Ville Niinistö, Chief Executive Offi cer Th omas Becker from EWEA - Th e European Wind Energy Association, CEO Johan Ihrfelt from the O2 Group, Chairman of the Finnish Wind Power association, Jari Suominen. (translation to FI)

10:30 – 15:30 Exhibitor’s briefi ngs

19:00- EnergyVaasa Evening

Wednesday 19 March 201410:00 – 15:00 Vaasa Wind Exchange exhibition open

09:30 – 14:00 Off shore wind power and arctic technology seminar in a co-operation with the Finnish Wind Power Association with speakers as hallitusneuvos Anja Liukko, Executive Director Kaj Morlock, Project manager Ari Sundelin, Dr Esa Eranti, Chief Technical Offi cer Patrik Holm.

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Contact information

Want to know more? Contact:Hanna Nyholm at Pohjanmaan Expo Oy+358 (0)6 318 5100+358 (0)400 691 681hanna.nyholm@pohjanmaanexpo.fi

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With over 70 exhibitors in the wind power business and 715 visitors (spring 2013) Vaasa Wind exchange is the biggest event of its kind. Grab the opportunity to chat with a mot-ley crew of professionals rarely found at the same place at the same time.

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13Event 4: Renewable Effi cient Energy IV

The Buzz: Wind Energy, Smart Grids & RES

Day one of the seminar (19.3) deals with the Finnish grid requirements – a hot topic in reference to the massive wind turbine projects being planned for the Ostrobothnia region. Apart from comparing diff erent technical solu-tions from a grid perspective the seminar also provides plenty of interesting know-how, answering contemporary questions regarding.

As customers demand high quality power supply, future power systems need to apply a wide variety of modern information, communication and auto-mation technology. Th is is why day two (20.3) of the seminar is dedicated to diff erent aspects of the technologies, solutions and visions related to Smart Grids. An important topic is also how renewable energy sources can be used to reform the energy sector.

Work the net

How do you feel about +100 % RES Systems and SE? At the REE Seminar there is no need to spare the jargon – go ahead and make some professio-nal acquaintances whilst discussing wind power grid connections!

Renewable Effi cient Energy IVINCLUDING THE THIRD NATIONAL WIND ENERGY SEMINAR BY THE VAASA ENERGY INSTITUTE.

The University of VaasaWolffi ntie 34

19. – 20.3.2014

09:00 - 16:00

(Wednesday) Connecting wind power to the grid and (Thursday) renewable energy

systems & smart grids.

Presentations in English.

Wind power developing companies, grid owners, companies providing

technology solutions

#WindPower #SmartGrids

#Res #Se

#Grids #Communication

#Automation #Technology

Program outline

March 19 WIND ENERGY, Th eme: Grid Connection, Chairman Mr. Jouko Putkonen, Merinova

March 20 RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS, Chairman Mr. Erkki Hiltunen, Vaasa Energy Institute

March 20 SMART GRIDS, Chairman Mr. Kimmo Kauhaniemi, Vaasa Energy Institute

Th e presentations will feature local energy cluster representatives as well as invited international & national speakers.

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Contact information

For any enquiries on this event please contact: Teemu Närvä at Vaasa Energy Institute+358 (0)400 817 006teemu.narva@vei.fi

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14 Event 5: Energy & Buildings

The Buzz: Near-zero energy building standard

Can we really bring the energy standard in all houses close to zero before 2020? You bet! Th is event will give you a better and deeper understanding of what aff ects the energy consumption and production of houses. You will also learn new things about how city planning, architecture, materials, solutions, technology and automation aff ect the energy eff ectiveness of buildings.So, what does a near-zero energy building require? If you’re completely unfamiliar with the concept, our highly regarded experts will tell you everything you ever wanted to know (and more)!

We’ve invited great guys like

- Jarek Kurnitski, Professor at Tallinn University of Technology, Adjunct Professor at Aalto University School of Engineering and Vice-president REHVA of Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air- conditioning Associations.

- Åsa Wahlström, Coordinator at the Swedish energy effi cient project LÅGAN and Project Manager at CIT Energy management AB.

- Ville Reinikainen, Head of the Energy and Environment Department at Granlund Oy.

- Leif Östman, Principal Lecturer at Novia University of Applied Sciences

- Jyrki Jaskari, Development Director at Skaala Oy.

- Mika Luoranen, Dr. Tech., Associate professor, Sustainable community; Institute of Energy Technology; Environmental Technology; Lappeenranta University of Technology.

- Sara Kunkel, Project manager, Building Performance Institute Europe, BPIE

- Harri Liukku, Sales Director, ABB

Energy & BuildingsTHE SECOND TIME IS ALREADY A TRADITION.

The University of VaasaTritonia academic library, Nissi auditorium

20.3.2014

9:30 – 16:00

Near-zero energy building standards.

Presentations in English. Questions can be asked in Finnish and Swedish.

People involved in the building industry, people interested in construction, architecture or renewable energy for houses.

#Architecture #Construction

#RenewableEnergy #Buildings #Materials

#CityPlanning #2020

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Need fresh views? Or refreshments? At Energy & Buildings you get both – at the same time! Use the breaks to catch up with friends, meet new people or just enjoy the scenery at the beautiful seaside campus.

Contact information

For any enquiries on this event please contact:Mauritz Knuts, Project ManagerVaasa Regional Development Company VASEK+358 50 306 8419mauritz.knuts@vasek.fi

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Now trending: Biogas15Now trending: Biogas

DID YOU KNOW?

VW, Volvo, Peugeot and Mercedes already have biogas cars. In fact, the USA will require that every car model being imported must have a gas version available.

Would you be surprised to hear that there were gas driven vehicles in Finland in the 40’s? Th at’s right, the technology was up and running already in 1941 – 1947. Th en petrol came along and gas was forgotten. According to Leif Åkers, Manag-ing Director at Stormossen, gas has remained a bit of a stranger al-though this old friend began mak-ing its comeback in 2001. “Oil can never be replaced by one single fuel, so everyone needs to fi nd a winning, locally based combination”, Leif says. Although gas is not new, it is one of many important parts in the power puzzle.

Soccer players running on gas

It all began in the 1980’s when Stor-mossen decided to build a bioreac-tor, decomposing food and waste to biogas. A bold decision, consider-ing that there was only one similar reactor in France at the time. Th e trailblazing project started well but came to a blunt halt when the supplier suff ered bankruptcy. Stor-mossen was left with two choices: to throw in the towel or keep going. “It was good that we chose the second option. Citec could quick-ly off er the knowledge we needed right here in Vaasa, so the reactor didn’t have to be put on hold. To-gether we created a bunch of pat-ented solutions that we’ve sold e.g. to Japan.”

So, a happy ending aft er all. But what happened

once the reactor was working?

“Th e gas is used to generate electricity and heat. We are pioneers in pro-ducing biogas from bio waste on a big scale. For example, Finland’s largest sports hall Botniahalli and its outdoors football fi eld have been heated with our locally produced biogas since day one. Th e football fi eld is a bit challenging at times because it quickly requires a lot of energy, but the teams have never had to miss a game.” Currently there are 9 facilities of the same calibre as Stormossen’s and several in the planning phase. Th ere are also some small-scale producers, like farms putting their waste material to better use.

Nifty neighbours and cleantech cars

Finland might beat Sweden in ice hockey once in a while, but when it comes to using biogas as a vehicle fuel, the Vikings are far ahead. “At the moment there are around 40 000 biogas driven cars in Sweden and 1 500 in Finland. I guess we’re faced with the chicken-egg dilemma – no one wants to buy biogas vehicles if no one off ers biogas, and the other way around.” According to Leif the greatest blessing for biogas would be a so-called critical mass. In order to generate it, the city of Vaasa is planning to use biogas for public transport. If all goes well, the gas buses will be taking passengers in 2015. “It would be a very tangible thing for Vaasa to showcase. Biogas is one of the purest fuels you can fi nd so it’s perfect for buses that are running idle a lot, especially in the winter. We produced 2,4 million m3 biogas last year.Th e buses in Vaasa would require 30 % of that biogas and the rest could be sold on the free market – the many commuters in the region could surely be interested.” Biogas is an almost CO2 neutral fuel with positive benefi ts on air qua-lity. It also lacks a fuel tax and is about 20 % cheaper than e.g. diesel, so this environmentally friendly investment is worth making. In fact every gasoline driven car can be transformed to a biogas car for just around two grand. But how does it work? “You will always have petrol as backup. If the biogas runs out, the petrol kicks in. You’ll barely notice, you won’t have to stop or anything. Th e real big diff erence is that there are two fi ll spouts and two fuel gauges – one for petrol and one for gas.” According to Leif airplanes or ships could also run on biogas in the future. “It’s a long process with many conservative minds to convince. People are always a bit careful to test new things, but the good news is that there is a big interest for biogas right now.” When it comes to EnergyWeek, Leif is most excited about the Biogas Botnia event. “Biogas is perfect for the im-age of the Vaasa region. It’s regio-nally produced, renewable high quality fuel.”

EnergyWeek 2014 program

9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00

Energy and Environment seminar 12:00 – 16:30Vaasa City Hall

Renewable Effi cient Energy IV 09:00 – 16:00University of Vaasa

Renewable Effi cient Energy IV 09:00 – 16:00University of Vaasa

Energy & Buildings seminar 09:30 – 16:00University of Vaasa

BioGas Botnia 10:45 - 11:45Vaasa City Hall

EnergyVaasa evening 19:00 – 22:00 Night Club Fontana

Vaasa Wind Exchange exhibition 10:00 - 16:00Vaasa City Hall

Vaasa Wind Exchange Seminar 09:30 - 14:00Vaasa City Hall

Technical Visit 09:00 - 14:00Vaasa City Hall

Vaasa Wind Exchange Seminar 11:30 - 16:00Vaasa City Hall

BioGas Botnia 13:00-17:00Hotel Vaakuna

City of Vaasa 18:00 – 20:00Vaasa City Hall

“Th e opportunities for Finland through Innovative Cities program (INKA)”

“Th e Finnish grid requirements and technical solutions provide plenty of interesting know-how for wind power developing”

“Future smart power systems, towards a 100% de-centralized renewable energy systems”

“Facts and current news on how to achieve near-zero energy building standard in all houses before the year 2020”

“Field trip to Stormossen, how biogas is produced”

“Meet the people, dinner and music “

“Work the net and get to know the whole Finnish wind power scene”

“Off shore wind power and arctic technology”

“A visit to 3 EnergyVaasa companies by energy tour guide”

“Th e future of Finnish wind power”

“Using gas as a vehicle fuel“

“Networking with cocktails” Evening reception

Vaasa Wind Exchange exhibition 10:00 - 15:00Vaasa City Hall

“Work the net and get to know the whole Finnish wind power scene”

MONDAY March 17,

2014

TUESDAY March 18,

2014

WEDNESDAY March 19,

2014

THURSDAY March 20,

2014

University of Vaasa

Vaasa City Hall

Hotel Vaakuna

Night Club Fontana

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