{"id":880,"date":"2024-11-26T11:29:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T09:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/?p=880"},"modified":"2025-02-27T16:24:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T14:24:37","slug":"verso-energy-plans-a-hydrogen-plant-in-oulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oulu.com\/cleantech\/news\/verso-energy-plans-a-hydrogen-plant-in-oulu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ver\u00adso Ener\u00adgy plans a hydro\u00adgen plant in Oulu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Aer\u00adi\u00adal view of the plan\u00adning reser\u00adva\u00adtion area and option area in Oritkari, Oulu. Pic\u00adture by the City of Oulu. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>French com\u00adpa\u00adny Ver\u00adso Ener\u00adgy is reserv\u00ading a site for a new plant to pro\u00adduce hydro\u00adgen and syn\u00adthet\u00adic fuels at the Port of Oulu, north\u00adern Fin\u00adland. Ver\u00adso Ener\u00adgy has already launched sev\u00ader\u00adal projects in France to build hydro\u00adgen and syn\u00adthet\u00adic fuel plants. Ver\u00adso Energy\u2019s syn\u00adthet\u00adic fuel pro\u00adduc\u00adtion in France will be based on the com\u00adpa\u00adny\u2019s renew\u00adable hydro\u00adgen pro\u00adduc\u00adtion and car\u00adbon diox\u00adide recov\u00adered from sources such as paper and pulp mills close to the plant. The com\u00adpa\u00adny offers its syn\u00adthet\u00adic fuels for use in both air\u00adcraft and ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are inter\u00adest\u00aded in build\u00ading a plant for high val\u00adue-added pro\u00adduc\u00adtion in Oulu because the region pro\u00advides an abun\u00addance of afford\u00adable renew\u00adable ener\u00adgy and bio\u00adgenic car\u00adbon diox\u00adide. The Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Oulu, with its exten\u00adsive research into hydro\u00adgen, along\u00adside the large R&amp;D invest\u00adments in the area, ensures a suf\u00adfi\u00adcient tal\u00adent pool. The exist\u00ading busi\u00adness ecosys\u00adtem also offers us poten\u00adtial cus\u00adtomers and sub\u00adcon\u00adtrac\u00adtors. As part of the TEN\u2011T core trans\u00adport net\u00adwork, the Port of Oulu, with its rail and road links, pro\u00advides good con\u00adnec\u00adtions to the rest of the world,\u201d says Antoine Huard, CEO of Ver\u00adso Ener\u00adgy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elec\u00adtric\u00adi\u00adty in Fin\u00adland is among the cheap\u00adest in Europe. In the first half of 2024, the price of elec\u00adtric\u00adi\u00adty for non-house\u00adhold cus\u00adtomers in Fin\u00adland was the low\u00adest in the EU (\u20ac0.0939 per kWh). The Oulu region is the largest pro\u00adduc\u00ader of renew\u00adable elec\u00adtric\u00adi\u00adty in Fin\u00adland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oth\u00ader hydro\u00adgen pro\u00adduc\u00adtion and H2 deriv\u00ada\u00adtive projects have already been ini\u00adti\u00adat\u00aded in the Oulu region. Gas\u00adgrid Fin\u00adland is plan\u00adning to estab\u00adlish a hydro\u00adgen trans\u00adport infra\u00adstruc\u00adture to con\u00adnect Oulu\u2019s hydro\u00adgen pro\u00adduc\u00adtion with the rest of Fin\u00adland and oth\u00ader Euro\u00adpean coun\u00adtries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This land reser\u00adva\u00adtion is only a pre\u00adlim\u00adi\u00adnary deci\u00adsion; a final invest\u00adment deci\u00adsion will be made at a lat\u00ader stage. The project is expect\u00aded to cre\u00adate a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant num\u00adber of jobs in the Oulu region, and the scale of the invest\u00adment is sub\u00adstan\u00adtial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AFRY Fin\u00adland, an expert involved in eval\u00adu\u00adat\u00ading the oper\u00ada\u00adtors, has assessed the like\u00adli\u00adhood of the pro\u00adjec\u00adt\u2019s real\u00adi\u00adsa\u00adtion as high. The com\u00adpa\u00adny has a clear busi\u00adness plan and focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe warm\u00adly wel\u00adcome Ver\u00adso Ener\u00adgy to Oulu. The project\u2019s financ\u00ading is well organ\u00adised, and the com\u00adpa\u00adny is sup\u00adport\u00aded by the finan\u00adcial resources of its own\u00aders. They also have a proven record of rais\u00ading sub\u00adstan\u00adtial fund\u00ading for oth\u00ader projects,\u201d says <strong>Veikko Lehti\u00adnen<\/strong>, City Geo\u00adde\u00adsist from the City of Oulu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ver\u00adso Ener\u00adgy will reveal details about the project at the North\u00adern Pow\u00ader event in Oulu on 13 Feb\u00adru\u00adary 2025. North\u00adern Pow\u00ader will bring togeth\u00ader hun\u00addreds of inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal indus\u00adtry lead\u00aders, inno\u00adva\u00adtors, researchers and pol\u00adi\u00adcy\u00admak\u00aders to dis\u00adcuss the future of hydro\u00adgen ener\u00adgy in the Nordic region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About Ver\u00adso Ener\u00adgy : VER\u00adSO ENER\u00adGY is a car\u00adbon-free ener\u00adgy com\u00adpa\u00adny spe\u00adcial\u00adiz\u00ading in the devel\u00adop\u00adment of projects designed to make pos\u00adsi\u00adble a decar\u00adbonized and com\u00adpet\u00adi\u00adtive ener\u00adgy mix with a high pro\u00adpor\u00adtion of renew\u00adable ener\u00adgies. Co-found\u00aded by Xavier Ca\u00ef\u00adtu\u00adcoli and Antoine Huard, VER\u00adSO ENER\u00adGY is a new play\u00ader in the ener\u00adgy tran\u00adsi\u00adtion spe\u00adcial\u00adiz\u00ading in the devel\u00adop\u00adment, financ\u00ading and oper\u00ada\u00adtion of car\u00adbon-free ener\u00adgy pro\u00adduc\u00adtion assets More infor\u00adma\u00adtion is avail\u00adable at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.verso.energy\">www.verso.energy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About Oulu GH2 \u2014 Togeth\u00ader towards green hydro\u00adgen busi\u00adness in Oulu and North\u00adern Fin\u00adland project aims to cre\u00adate a cen\u00adtral\u00adized hydro\u00adgen econ\u00ado\u00admy inno\u00adva\u00adtion ecosys\u00adtem oper\u00adat\u00ading mod\u00adel for the region of Oulu and North Ostro\u00adboth\u00adnia. As part of the project, the hydro\u00adgen val\u00adley of the Both\u00adn\u00adian Bay will be built by shar\u00ading infor\u00adma\u00adtion and bring\u00ading actors togeth\u00ader, shar\u00ading news and best case stud\u00adies, and effec\u00adtive\u00adly com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcat\u00ading them to dif\u00adfer\u00adent parts of the net\u00adwork by Busi\u00adnes\u00adsOulu. Oulu GH2 is fund\u00aded by the Coun\u00adcil of Oulu Region, which finances the project as part of the EU pro\u00adgramme: A Reju\u00adve\u00adnat\u00ading and Skilled Fin\u00adland 2021\u20132027, the EU\u2019s region\u00adal and struc\u00adtur\u00adal pol\u00adi\u00adcy pro\u00adgramme. JTF fund. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aer\u00adi\u00adal view of the plan\u00adning reser\u00adva\u00adtion area and option area in Oritkari, Oulu. 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