The StartSun (Start-ups for Solar Energy Communities) project has published a Sustainability Plan for Energy Community in Terraced Housing Company. This document complements the previously released Start-up Package (in Finnish) and offers perspectives on the long-term development of energy communities. While the Start-up Packge focused on supporting the establishment and planning of energy [...]
What makes an energy community financially sustainable? The answer is not only in numbers. At a StartSun conference panel discussion, Inka Leppänen from Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Johanna Liljenfeldt from Uppsala University, and Nele Ivask and Marten Saareoks from Tartu Regional Energy Agency discussed how communities can make sound investment decisions while [...]
What makes people decide to produce and share energy together? Technology and financial savings matter, but they are only part of the answer. Building an energy community also requires trust, time, and a reason for people to act together. These questions were at the center of the StartSun final conference’s panel discussion “Challenges [...]
GNF 25-anniversary seminar programme 25.9.2026 Green Net Finland’s 25th Anniversary Seminar will be held on Friday, 25 September 2026, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM in the lobby event space of Helsinki City Hall. At this event, we will celebrate Green Net Finland’s 25-year journey and hear presentations from members of the [...]
How can a local energy idea evolve into a successful energy community? Join the StartSun Final Conference on 22 September 2026 and hear practical experiences from pilot regions in Estonia, Latvia, Finland, and Sweden. The programme focuses on the technical, social, and organisational challenges involved in developing energy communities. Speakers will also discuss [...]
As part of the Enercracy project, the Green Net Finland team headed for an inspiring study trip to the municipality of Dobele and the Zemgale region of Latvia. Together with our project partners from Estonia, Sweden and Poland, we were able to witness how close local cooperation and innovative solutions can accelerate the [...]
DeskMe Ltd from Finland initiates its first pilot in Japan with the help of the FINESTJAPAN project. The Osaka Business Development Agency is supporting a pilot project by the Finnish startup DeskMe Ltd. This project involves the implementation and demonstration of a reservation and management system for shared offices and workspaces. The demonstration experiment [...]
Green Net Finland and Tehnopol Science and Business park (Estonia) arranged a joint trade mission to Tokyo with green/health tech SMEs in April 2026. A total of 9 companies were along: SYKLI Environmental College, Ecomiles and Helsieni from Finland. We have introduced the companies and organizations from Finland in this article. Also from [...]
Background Pornainen, a municipality of about 5,000 residents in Uusimaa, Finland, needed support in drafting a climate and energy plan. The Enercracy project and Green Net Finland, a Finnish cleantech company, responded to this need. To ensure the energy and climate plan had a strong factual basis, Green Net Finland began by assessing the municipality’s current [...]
Green Net Finland, together with the Council of Tampere Region have organized two interactive information exchange webinars between energy community projects in 2026. The Council of Tampere Region began organizing the cooperation in 2025, when the first information exchange webinar was held. The projects have promoted the message of energy communities by producing [...]
