The final year of the StartSun project is currently underway and now is a good time to reflect on the entire life cycle of the pilot projects. In each partner country, piloting of energy communities was carried out and a solar power feasibility calculator was developed, and their progress and challenges were discussed [...]
We are celebrating the 25th anniversary of our organization – 3rd April 2026 marked 25 years since the signing of the founding charter of Green Net Finland! "We, the undersigned, have founded an association called Green Net Finland, have joined as members, and have approved the attached rules." In Vantaa, Finland, on the [...]
The Tokyo mission organized by Green Net Finland and Tehnopolis is currently underway. A total of nine organizations are participating. We have introduced the companies and organizations from Finland in this article. The goal of the mission is to generate new business or cooperation agreements for the participating organizations. In addition to Green [...]
Hello green technology company, Join the FINESTJAPAN - Japan Export Promotion Project! The next joint export mission for companies to Japan will take place from April 22 to 28, 2026! Japan is the world's fourth-largest economy, and the demand for green technology solutions is on the rise there. The market potential is very [...]
Participants of the Partner Meeting. Photo by Elis Vollmer Startsun consortium in Helsinki meeting On November 5–6, 2025, the StartSun partners gathered in Helsinki for an inspiring meeting and study visit hosted by Green Net Finland (GNF). This event marked the beginning of the project’s final year and set the tone for ambitious goals [...]
Inspiration Station: Driving Change through Stakeholder Cooperation for Green Futures REGISTRATION FOR THE EVENT HAS CLOSED, THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING! In the second instalment of the 'Inspiration Station' series webinar, we will dive headfirst into stakeholder cooperation as the root for successful decarbonisation on the municipal level. Based on concrete examples from [...]
On November 20, 2025, Business Turku’s Energiaverkosto (Energy Network) organized a full-day visit to the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant. The trip opened our eyes to how innovative the nuclear industry in Finland truly is. Early in the morning, a busload of participants departed from Turku towards Olkiluoto. We were welcomed by Senior Vice [...]
As part of the Enercracy project, Green Net Finland participated in a study visit to Blekinge, Sweden, organized by the Municipality of Karlskrona and Energikontor Syd, the Energy Agency for Southern Sweden, together with partners from Estonia, Latvia and Poland. The visit, organized on October 23, 2025, showed how local cooperation between different [...]
KEYWORDS: Future Energy solutions 2025, district heating, waste heat, demand response, energy communities, education The ERKKI project participated in the Future Energy Solutions (FES) event in Lappeenranta on 9-10 October 2025. FES is an annual energy-themed conference held in Lappeenranta, where this year's themes were in particular the effects of the green transition [...]
An energy community makes self-consumption of solar electricity profitable. Selling surplus electricity to the grid is the last option. There are differences in the ways of distributing the surplus. I am driven by a strong interest and enthusiasm to promote solar energy communities in Finland, as I believe they play a key role [...]
