Nort­hern Power | Hydro­gen The­med Busi­ness Forum

13 FEB 2025 | Oulu, Fin­land

Welco­me to the big­gest inter­na­tio­nal
hydro­gen event in Nort­hern Fin­land!

3rd edi­tion of Nort­hern Power will focus pre­sen­ting the brigh­test Nor­dic hydro­gen pro­jects and lear­nings of the real life hydro­gen cases in Arc­tic Nor­dics. We will showca­se TOP-10 hydro­gen pro­jects from the Nor­dic count­ries, pro­jects in Port of Oulu, Pyy­ry­väi­nen, Laa­ni­la, Kemi, Tor­nio, Simo, Vaa­la, Uta­jär­vi, Haa­pa­ve­si, Nor­dic Hydro­gen Rou­te etc. To unders­tand how the glo­bal hydro­gen mar­kets are evol­ving we are sha­ring the most up-to-date gree­tings from inter­na­tio­nal lea­ding hydro­gen experts across the hydro­gen value chain.

Nort­hern Power will bring toget­her hundreds of inter­na­tio­nal industry lea­ders, inno­va­tors, researc­hers and policy­ma­kers to discuss the futu­re of hydro­gen ener­gy in the Nor­dic region. Nort­hern Power Busi­ness Forum is part of the Nor­dic Hydro­gen Week 11.–13.2.2025.

Stay tuned for more details and infor­ma­tion. Let’s build the futu­re of sus­tai­nable ener­gy toget­her!

Regis­ter to Nort­hern Power 2025

Regi­stra­tion is now open! To attend the event pre-regis­ter onli­ne will be requi­red. Nort­hern Power is free of char­ge event.

Plea­se note that you have to regis­ter sepa­ra­te­ly for each Nor­dic Hydro­gen Week event.

Regis­ter to Nort­hern Power Busi­ness Forum 2025

What can you expect from
Nort­hern Power Busi­ness Forum?

What is Nor­dic Hydro­gen Week?

Nor­dic Hydro­gen week is a 3 day event pre­sen­ting the cur­rent sta­te of Nor­dic hydro­gen pro­jects, stu­dies and inno­va­tions evol­ving hydro­gen mar­ket’s growth in Nor­dics. Nor­dic Hydro­gen Week’s pur­po­se is to build a hydro­gen eco­sys­tem by brin­ging industry experts toget­her, pro­mo­te Oulu’s green tran­si­tion and strengt­hen Oulu’s role as the hydro­gen capi­tal of the Both­nian arc.

Nor­dic Hydro­gen Week

11.2. Hydro­gen Research Day
orga­nized by Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu

Regis­ter to Hydro­gen Research Day

12.2. Nor­dic Col­la­bo­ra­tion in Green Tran­si­tion Day

12.2. Site Visits

12.2. Eve­ning Recep­tion
Orga­nized by City of Oulu

13.2. Nort­hern Power Busi­ness Forum

Regis­ter to Nort­hern Power Busi­ness Forum 2025
Regis­ter to Match­ma­king

Pro­gram 2025

Mor­ning ses­sion

Glo­bal out­look for the hydro­gen eco­no­my

09:00 — 09:10 Welco­me to Nort­hern Power! Int­ro­duc­tion to the day.

09:10 — 09:30 Key­no­te 1: How Euro­pe will per­form in the hydro­gen tech­no­lo­gy race. N.N.

09:30 – 10:00 Dia­lo­gue: Nor­dic posi­tion in the glo­bal hydro­gen eco­no­my. Mr. Jere­miah Dut­ton, Green Hydro­gen Busi­ness Deve­lop­ment, EIT Inno Ener­gy.
N.N
Public deba­te.

10:00 — 10:20 Key­no­te 2: Green fuels – oppor­tu­ni­ties for new ener­gy part­ners­hips. Mr. Sebas­tian Gröbling­hoff, Vice Pre­si­dent Green Fuels Assets Nor­dics, Green Fuels & Infra­struc­tu­reU­ni­per Hydro­gen, Uni­per

10:20 – 10:40 Key­no­te 3: Oppor­tu­ni­ties for CCU in Forest Industry. Ms. Kai­ja Pehu-Leh­to­nen, SVP, Busi­ness Deve­lop­ment, Met­sä Group

10:40 – 11:20: Stra­te­gy panel: How com­pa­nies can find oppor­tu­ni­ties in the hydro­gen
eco­no­my and what kind of hydro­gen stra­te­gies do com­pa­nies have
Mr. Mor­ten Langs­holdt, Head of Power-to‑X, OX2
Mr. Kim­mo Ala­tulk­ki­la, Deve­lop­ment Direc­tor, Oulun Ener­gia
Dr. Ste­fan Gos­sens, Vice Pre­si­dent Hydro­gen Stra­te­gy, Schaeffler
Ms. Ulla Rask, Mode­ra­tor, Direc­tor of Com­mu­nica­tions, OX2

11:20 — 13:00 Networ­king and lunch break
B2B match­ma­king + Hydro­gen Expo + Pro­ject Pos­ters



Pro­gram may be sub­ject to chan­ge.

After­noon ses­sion

Will hydro­gen pro­jects in the north give rise to sca­lable tech­no­lo­gies

13:00 — 13:15 Euro­pean best prac­tices and examples. N.N.

13:15 — 13:30: Financing and invest­ment cri­te­ria for the hydro­gen eco­no­my.

13:30 – 14:00 Tech­no­lo­gy and Inno­va­tions panel: Do local mega­pro­jects give rise to inter­na­tio­nal­ly sca­lable tech­no­lo­gies
Mr. Staf­fan Lundgren, Senior Advi­sor, and Fel­low in Pro­pul­sion and Ener­gy Con­ver­sion, at Powert­rain Stra­te­gic Deve­lop­ment Vol­vo Group Truck Tech­no­lo­gy.
Mr. Uwe Kerk­mann, CEO, H2UB
Mr. Mat­ti Mal­ka­mä­ki, Foun­der, Chair­man, Hyca­mi­te
Ms. Heli Virk­ki, Mode­ra­tor, Head of Hydro­gen Val­ley Deve­lop­ment, Gasgrid Vety­ver­kot Oy


14:00 — 14:30: Big pic­tu­re: Hydro­gen pro­jects Nor­dic North
Ener­gi i Nord and H2 Clus­ter Norway
LTU, Swe­den
H2 Clus­ter Fin­land

14:30 — 15:45 Networ­king and cof­fee break
B2B match­ma­king + Hydro­gen Expo + Pro­ject pos­ters

15:45 — 16:30: Pitc­hes for local hydro­gen pro­jects

Sta­tus upda­te from Laa­ni­la. Mr. Arto Suti­nen, CEO, Oulun Ener­gia & Mr. Herk­ko Plit, Foun­der and CEO, P2X Solu­tions Oy.
Nor­dic hydro­gen rou­te. Mr. Juk­ka Hie­ta­nen, Pro­ject Direc­tor, Gasgrid Fin­land Oy & N.N. Nor­dion Ener­gi
Port of Oulu
Pyy­ry­väi­nen
Vety­al­fa – Vaa­la. Ms. Rei­ja Knuu­ti­la, Busi­ness Direc­tor, Tuu­lial­fa Oy, Vety­al­fa Oy
Simo – eTeh­das

16:30 — 17:00: Sum­ma­ry and clo­sing remarks

16:30 — 17:00: Sig­ning cere­mo­nies, sum­ma­ry and clo­sing remarks

18:00 – 18:30 Spon­sor talks

18:30 – 22:00 Networ­king, snacks & drinks

Nort­hern Power 2024 pho­tos

Nort­hern Power 2023 pho­tos

Arri­val at Oulu

Tra­vel by train

Oulu has also frequent Pen­do­li­no and InterCi­ty train con­nec­tions from Hel­sin­ki and Tam­pe­re, and dai­ly over­night train con­nec­tion from Hel­sin­ki and Tur­ku. The fas­test jour­ney to Hel­sin­ki takes 5 hours 40 minu­tes. You can also access Oulu by train from Stock­holm (via Haaparanta–Tornio).

see VR’s train sche­du­les

Tra­vel by bus

Tra­ve­ling by bus is also an option and the bus network is vast across the Fin­land.

see Mat­ka­huol­to’s bus sche­du­les

Fly to Oulu

Oulu’s air­port, the second busiest in Fin­land. Fin­nair has mul­tiple dai­ly flights between Oulu and Hel­sin­ki. Esti­ma­ted flight time is just under 1 hour.

Fly with Fin­nair

Luft­han­sa has direct flights from Munich (MUC) to Oulu (OUL).
It takes around 20 minu­tes from the venue Tul­li­sa­li to Oulu air­port

Fly with Luft­han­sa

How to get to event venue Tul­li­sa­li

Address: Tyr­nä­vän­tie 16, 90400 Oulu

See the loca­tion on map

Tul­li­sa­li is easy to reach by public trans­por­ta­tion: buses from the south stop at Limin­gan­tul­li P and buses from the north stop at Limin­gan­tul­li E. Both bus stops are ca. 500 met­res from Tul­li­sa­li, which is loca­ted behind the big green Pris­ma hyper­mar­ket. Check the sche­du­les at https://www.osl.fi/en/

If you come with your per­so­nal car, the­re is plen­ty of par­king space around Tul­li­sa­li free of char­ge.

Accom­mo­da­tion

With around 10 hotels, 1,300 hotel rooms and 2,700 beds – and over 200 Airbnb over­night options – Oulu offers a varie­ty of accom­mo­da­tion options for all bud­gets.

Scan­dic Oulu City and
Scan­dic Oulu Sta­tion

oulucity@scandichotels.com
oulustation@scandichotels.com

De Gam­las Hem

tel. +358 75 325 7600
info@degamlashotel.fi

RADISSON BLU HOTELS OULU
tel. +358 (0) 20 123 4730
sales.oulu@radissonblu.com

LAPLAND HOTELS OULU
tel. +358 (0) 881 1110
oulu@laplandhotels.com

NORDIC ART HOTEL LASARETTI
tel. +358 (0) 20 757 4700
lasaretti@lasaretti.com

ORIGINAL SOKOS HOTEL ARINA
tel. +358 (0) 8 312 3255
sales.oulu@sokoshotels.fi

GREENSTAR HOTEL OULU
tel. +358 (0) 10 423 9394
sales@greenstar.fi

Orga­ni­sers

Spon­sors