Swedish electro-fuels (eFuels) project developer Liquid Wind AB, Finnish municipal energy utility Kanteleen Voima Oy and compatriot wind power project Piipsan Tuulivoima Oy have announced the signing of a cooperation agreement to prepare a feasibility study for an electro-fuel facility producing eMethanol in Haapavesi, Finland.
The signed Letter of Intent (LoI) indicates the starting point of close cooperation to develop clean energy solutions in Haapavesi, taking a major step towards accelerating the production capacity of eFuel in Finland.
We are excited to announce the development of our first project in Finland, together with NordFuel and Puhuri. Liquid Wind is focused on leading the development and production of green electrofuel. The electro-fuel produced in Haapavesi will be used to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries like shipping; with the facility in Finland, we are one step closer to seeing a world without dependency on fossil fuels, commented Claes Fredriksson, CEO and Founder of Liquid Wind.
The facility is planned to be adjacent to the NordFuel Haapavesti biorefinery site which is developed and which is owned by Kanteleen Voima.
We are glad to cooperate with Liquid Wind, one of the most significant actors in the field of electrofuels. Circular economy and zero-waste principle are in the core of NordFuel’s business idea. Liquid Wind’s technology enables us to utilize the carbon dioxide that will come out of the biorefinery’s process the most effective way possible. The industrial infrastructure in Haapavesi offers an excellent basis for the planned electro-fuel facility, said Matti Asikainen, CEO of NordFuel.
The eFuel is planned to be powered by renewable electricity from a new onshore wind park that will be built and operated by Piipsan Tuulivoima, part of the Puhuri Group, a wind power project developer.
Both the Piipsan Tuulivoima onshore wind park and NordFuel’s biorefinery project will be developed in parallel. The parties are jointly responsible for the overall project development work.
As a Haapavesi based company we are proud to announce the development work we are committed to together with Liquid Wind and NordFuel. There is a huge green energy consortium under development in Haapavesi. We need this kind of development to fully utilize Finnish wind power capacity, ended Tuomas Ylimaula, CEO of Puhuri.
