{"id":11,"date":"2024-04-16T15:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T12:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:03:28","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light is-style-hero\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"700\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-39\" alt src=\"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cleantech-home-hero.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cleantech-home-hero.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cleantech-home-hero-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cleantech-home-hero-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cleantech-home-hero-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cleantech-home-hero-480x233.jpg 480w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cleantech-home-hero-560x272.jpg 560w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cleantech-home-hero-960x467.jpg 960w, https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cleantech-home-hero-1200x583.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">A GREEN<br>WAVE OF<br>NORTH <\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom  wp-block-bg-section  b-bg-section  block_7cb1866bcc0416092df78c344edcfe0d  alignfull   is--no-top-margin\">\n\n  \n  \n  \n<div class=\"bg-section__background bg--gfx-left\">\n\n    <div class=\"bg-section__container bg--gfx-left\">\n      <div class=\"bg-section__content \">\n        \n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Turn\u00ading col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion into a cor\u00adner\u00adstone for our sus\u00adtain\u00adable future<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">CleantechOulu is an ini\u00adtia\u00adtive-dri\u00adving part\u00adner\u00adship net\u00adwork of green tran\u00adsi\u00adtion doers in the Arc\u00adtic region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">CleantechOulu brings togeth\u00ader north\u00adern peo\u00adple, com\u00adpa\u00adnies, and pub\u00adlic stake\u00adhold\u00aders (pub\u00adlic-pri\u00advate-peo\u00adple-part\u00adner\u00adship) to cre\u00adate inno\u00adva\u00adtions and sus\u00adtain\u00adable growth col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive\u00adly. 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