On June 3, the day before the official start of the assembly, the consortium members had a great opportunity to visit one of the hydrogen production plants of the project in the city of Harjavalta, an hour and a half drive from Tampere, which is implemented by P2X Solutions. The company is one of the pioneers of the hydrogen industry in Finland, which started implementing the concept in 2021 and plans to complete the construction work in September of this year and begin operations at the production plant, producing green hydrogen with 20MW electrolysis capacity (4 x 5 MW) and synthetic natural gas using green grid electricity and captured biogenic CO2. The participants had the opportunity to meet the mayor of the city of Harjavalta, listen to the presentation of P2X Solutions Business Development Manager Tuomo Rinne, as well as visit the production plant itself to get an idea of ​​the factory, its design solutions, business model, future production technologies, methanation and the availability of carbon dioxide.

P2X‘s history and future plans are remarkable. The Finnish company, which was founded as a start-up by energy experts in 2020, has successfully developed and, in April of this year, acquired a major shareholder — the Swiss energy company Alpiq. The Harjavalta H2 plant project has been launched and is nearing completion, with a total cost of 70 million EUR, of which 36 million EUR is public support from the Finnish Ministry of Economy and the Finnish Climate Fund. The electrolysis equipment (alkaline technology) has been supplied by the experienced German manufacturer Sunfire GmbH and the local Finnish company Q Power Oy. The launch of the H2 plant will reduce Finland’s CO2 emissions by 40,000 tons per year.

  • The Joensuu plant in southeastern Finland, on the border with Russia, where a 40 MW electrolysis capacity plant is planned for the production of green H2 and e-fuels (e-methanol). The project is supported by the EU IPCEI program (Hy2Use).
  • Oulu plant in northern Finland near the Gulf of Bothnia, where a >100 MW electrolysis capacity plant is planned for the production of green H2 and e-fuels (e-methanol / synthetic natural gas).
  • Further development projects are also planned, increasing the total production capacity to 1 GW.

On June 4 and 5, the second meeting of the consortium was held in Tampere, during which the project participants discussed the progress of the work and current events, worked on the development of further action plans, discussed the progress of the project with the project manager from “Horizon Europe”/”European Clean Hydrogen Alliance”, as well as other #BalticSeaH2 investment projects for which the practical implementation part is already underway. Among them is the 3H2 project with a 3 MW electrolysis capacity for the production of green hydrogen in the suburbs of Helsinki, which is being developed by the Helsinki municipal electricity and heat company Helen. Green ammonia production plant project with 280 MW of electrolysis capacity in Naantali port, which is being developed by Green North Energy.

In addition to information, questions and communication about the project, please write to the project manager Kaspars Liepiņš at: kasparsl@greentechlatvia.eu