The City of Oulu has been prepar­ing to reserve land for three new hydro­gen pro­duc­tion and pro­cess­ing plants in Pyyryväi­nen. The city’s aim is to active­ly pro­mote green tran­si­tion invest­ments in its area. Advanc­ing the plan­ning of new hydro­gen plants will sup­port the growth of hydro­gen econ­o­my and the devel­op­ment of Oulu’s local hydro­gen infra­struc­ture.

Art­works cre­at­ed by world lead­ing Finnish and inter­na­tion­al artists will form a per­ma­nent art trail around Oulu in 2026. The artists behind the Cli­mate Clock art trail, which is part of the Oulu2026 pro­gram, have now been announced – learn more about them on the Oulu2026 web­site!

Michal is a 28-year-old Czech ice hock­ey play­er who has lived in Fin­land for three years. Last sea­son, he played cen­ter for Oulun Kär­pät in Finland’s top ice hock­ey league. We inter­viewed Michal to hear his thoughts about liv­ing in Oulu.

Star­tups com­pet­ed at the Polar Bear Pitch­ing event this year in quite wet con­di­tions at Värt­tö Beach. The win­ner was Finnish Acous­pin, who have com­mer­cial­ized nanofiber pro­duced with ultra­sound. The nanofibers can be uti­lized in many ways in man­u­fac­tur­ing and health­care.

Ben Tardif is a Cana­di­an play­ing for the Kär­pät ice hock­ey team in Finland’s top pro­fes­sion­al hock­ey league. He moved to Oulu last sum­mer with his wife. “One of the best things about liv­ing in Oulu is the safe­ty. I can walk every­where at any time of the day,” Ben says. Watch our video for Ben’s inspir­ing sto­ry!

The City of Oulu and French com­pa­ny Ver­so Ener­gy have signed a co-oper­a­tion agree­ment aim­ing to build a hydro­gen pro­cess­ing plant in Oulu. Ver­so Ener­gy intends to con­struct a plant with a year­ly pro­duc­tion capac­i­ty of 80 000 tonnes of e‑SAF. The esti­mat­ed val­ue of the project is €1.4 bil­lion, and it is expect­ed to cre­ate 250 jobs.