Part­ners

CleantechOulu col­lab­o­rates with lots of dif­fer­ent stake­hold­ers across the ecosys­tem. The ecosys­tem part­ners col­lab­o­rate to accel­er­ate the tran­si­tion toward sus­tain­able ener­gy, resource effi­cien­cy, and envi­ron­men­tal pro­tec­tion. These part­ner­ships involve var­i­ous stake­hold­ers, includ­ing com­pa­nies, research insti­tu­tions, and gov­ern­ment bod­ies.

Inter­nal part­ners

Busi­nes­sOulu

As a pub­lic util­i­ty of Oulu, Busi­nes­sOulu pro­vides its ser­vices equal­ly for every Oulu-based com­pa­ny or com­pa­nies will­ing to grow their busi­ness in the North. BusinessOulu’s mis­sion is to pro­mote vital­i­ty in the city of Oulu by build­ing suc­cess poten­tial for the entire region, its cit­i­zens, and com­pa­nies.

Busi­ness Fin­land

Busi­ness Fin­land is Finland’s offi­cial organ­i­sa­tion for inno­va­tion fund­ing and trade, invest­ment, and trav­el pro­mo­tion. Busi­ness Fin­land pro­motes col­lab­o­ra­tion between com­pa­nies and research groups by fos­ter­ing part­ner­ships and new ini­tia­tives which can evolve into inter­na­tion­al busi­ness ecosys­tems. Since sus­tain­abil­i­ty is at the core of Busi­ness Finland’s strat­e­gy and oper­a­tions, the part­ner­ship estab­lish­es a whole sus­tain­able ecosys­tem.

Oulu Inno­va­tion Alliance (OIA)

The Oulu Inno­va­tion Alliance is a strate­gic alliance of sig­nif­i­cant research, devel­op­ment, and inno­va­tion stake­hold­ers in the Oulu region. Its goal is to strength­en the region’s inno­va­tion capac­i­ty and North­ern Fin­land’s glob­al com­pet­i­tive­ness. In this strate­gic peri­od (2021–2027), Oulu’s vision is to cre­ate the best dig­i­tal ecosys­tem in Europe to gen­er­ate added val­ue glob­al­ly. The Oulu Inno­va­tion Alliance offers com­pa­nies the per­fect plat­form for research, devel­op­ment, com­pe­tence devel­op­ment, var­i­ous exper­i­men­tal envi­ron­ments, and nation­al and inter­na­tion­al part­ner net­works. Their promise to com­pa­nies and stake­hold­ers is to be the best part­ner in pro­mot­ing inno­va­tion.

Cir­cu­lar Clus­ter

The cir­cu­lar econ­o­my clus­ter pro­motes the cir­cu­lar econ­o­my busi­ness of com­pa­nies in the Oulu region and sup­ports the tran­si­tion to cir­cu­lar econ­o­my. The Cir­cu­lar Clus­ter oper­ates as an open ecosys­tem by pro­mot­ing coop­er­a­tion between com­pa­nies, the pub­lic sec­tor, and research and devel­op­ment organ­i­sa­tions.

Arc­tic Con­struc­tion Clus­ter Fin­land

The North­ern Finnish Con­struc­tion Clus­ter unites North­ern Fin­land’s con­struc­tion indus­try com­pa­nies, edu­ca­tion­al insti­tu­tions, and author­i­ties to work for the best of the con­struc­tion indus­try and region­al devel­op­ment. Now, almost 100 experts are involved in the cluster’s oper­a­tions – main­ly com­pa­ny and com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers, but also indi­vid­ual ones.

R&D and edu­ca­tion

We have a strong his­to­ry in ener­gy-inten­sive indus­try. High-tech and uni­ver­si­ty research cre­ate great R&D and busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ties in Oulu. The Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu is pro­fil­ing itself with H2 and is a founder of Hydro­gen Research Forum Fin­land. Our research part­ners share their exper­tise, research find­ings, and best prac­tices relat­ed to clean tech­nolo­gies. They col­lab­o­rate on joint projects, con­duct stud­ies, and exchange insights to accel­er­ate inno­va­tion. Edu­ca­tion­al part­ners col­lab­o­rate on devel­op­ing and com­mer­cial­is­ing clean tech­nolo­gies.

Mar­ket-spe­cif­ic

Both2nia

BotH2nia is a col­lab­o­ra­tive net­work of stake­hold­ers inter­est­ed in the hydro­gen econ­o­my. Their mis­sion is to cre­ate the world’s first hydro­gen bay in the Gulf of Both­nia. This ini­tia­tive invites com­pa­nies, research insti­tu­tions, investors, munic­i­pal­i­ties, and cities to join forces for a clean­er future.

Ener­gi i Nord

Ener­gi i Nord is a clus­ter organ­i­sa­tion ded­i­cat­ed to ener­gy tran­si­tion and val­ue cre­ation in the north­ern regions.