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The Government of Åland implements a society scale monitoring system for the green energy transition

24th November 2020

Together with Finnish project development company Flexens, EnerKey has implemented a novel pilot project for the Government of Åland to analyse and store energy data on a society level. The goal is to provide a user-friendly, transparent, and automated way to follow the green transition on Åland in real-time. As part of the ongoing Smart Energy Åland

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Hydrogen ferries might soon traffic the Baltic Sea – Flexens is about to finish a feasibility study of the Power2AX project on green hydrogen production and use in ferries in the Åland archipelago

23rd November 2020

The Finnish project development company Flexens Oy Ab will finish a feasibility study of the Power2AX project in November 2020. The project aims at implementing green hydrogen production and use in fuel ferries in the Åland archipelago. The Power2AX contributes to the Smart Energy Åland project in which Flexens is demonstrating 100 % renewable energy

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Flexens team of energy specialists now holds internationally esteemed certification

4th November 2020

The complete energy advisory team of Flexens have now received their certification in energy system design and simulation. The specialists have all passed the required test and officially carry a “Plexos Core”-certification by Energy Exemplar. A significant amount of hands-on experience and deep knowledge of energy systems is a prerequisite to reach such a certification

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Kökar island’s clean energy transition agenda published online!

28th October 2020

Kökar island, together with 21 other European islands have published their clean energy transition agendas, making a firm step towards decarbonising their energy systems with a strong focus on citizen engagement. 7 more islands will publish their agendas in the near future. A Ilha de Arousa (Spain), the Hvar Archipelago (Croatia), Brač (Croatia), Cape Clear

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Smart Energy Åland part of ERA-Net’s Living Labs / Testbeds

3rd October 2020

Text from ERA-Net Smart Energy System The European Joint Programming Platform ERA-Net Smart Energy Systems has set a goal that beyond the funding of transnational RDD projects, it will accelerate the development of transnational innovation ecosystems by initiating a Transnational Validation Network with existing and future Living Labs and Testbeds, allowing innovative companies / developers

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Workshop: An archipelago in transition – See you there!

28th September 2020

On the 7th of October, The National Association of Finnish Islands, the Archipelago Sea Unesco Biosphere Reserve and the Clean Energy for EU Islands Secretariat will host a combined online and physical workshop in Pargas, Finland. In addition to exchange and learning on technical and financial aspects of the clean energy transition, the workshop will

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Rethinking Energy System Design – Flexens open for business

9th June 2020

Kicking off into the new green decade of 2020, the Finnish project development and innovation company Flexens now offers its highly sophisticated Energy System Design Service to the energy sector. With one foot in rigorous academic research, and the other in a real-life demonstration as proof of concept, Flexens services stands out from other energy

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Successful first year and start of a new Energy Decade

16th December 2019

To summarise Flexens first year as start-up: It has been nothing less than a success! Winning the Growth Engine Competition at Business Finland, initiating several pilots within our demo platform Smart Energy Åland and adding to that our team expanded. And we are still going strong. As we head into a defining decade for mankind,

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Clean and Renewable Energy in the European Green Deal

12th December 2019

On the 11th of December the European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the EU adoption of a Green Deal. This means that the member countries will collectively strive to create the first climate-neutral continent. In her speech to the press, president von der Leyen highlighted that the time for renewable energy sources (RES)

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Fourdeg AI system heats school – part of Smart Energy Åland

8th November 2019

As a part of Flexen’s Smart Energy Åland project, a high-tech temperature control system is to be installed in Vikingaåsen elementary school in the municipality Jomala, located on the Åland Islands. – Using artificial intelligence (AI) the heating can be predicted and optimized for each individual room, says Mr. Markku Makkonen, CEO of the Finnish

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Hydro power as underground batteries

10th July 2019

In late June, Flexens CEO Berndt Schalin, was invited to participate in a panel discussion at the Politician’s Week at Almedalen, Sweden, regarding local storing solutions of renewable energy. The panel discussion host, Pumped Hydro Storage, is a new and promising tech company in Sweden, specializing in hydroelectric pumped-hydro storage. Using old mine shafts, Pumped

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Flexens Winner in Growth Engine Competition

20th June 2019

Carbon compensation, smart port and marine services, artificial intelligence and new solutions for a societal scale model of renewable energy production, were declared the winners in Business Finland’s growth engine competition. The competition was won by the companies Compensate, Awake.AI, Silo.AI and Flexens. The winning projects are estimated to generate nearly EUR 6 billion in new

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Flexens enters the next phase

21st May 2019

The company board welcomes Mr. Timo Rajala, as chair of the board of Flexens Oy Ab. Mr. Rajala is highly experienced within the energy industry and its evolving business models. With a background as CEO for Pohjolan Voima Oy (PVO) and several board positions in both large and innovative small companies in the sector, he brings a

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Flexens presenting at Energy for Smart Mobility Conference in Marseille

7th May 2019

Flexens CEO Berndt Schalin gave a presentation in the mid of March, at the International Energy for Smart Mobility in Marseille, France. – Flexens is gaining international attention, with a lot of focus given to the Finnish innovations and technologies within renewable energy, says Berndt Schalin, CEO On Thursday, March 14th, Flexen’s CEO Berndt Schalin

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A new member to our team

3rd May 2019

Flexens was reinforced by recruiting Mrs. Anna Häger, who will shoulder the role as the company’s communicator. Häger will be in charge of the Smart Energy Åland platform, working with citizen engagement which is key for the project’s success. “My challenge and motivation are to make the science and technology behind our energy cloud feasible, thus invoking

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FLEXe DEMO and CEMBioFlex final report now available

20th March 2019

On January 9, the final seminar was held for the FLEXe Demo Ecosystem build-up project, which has served as one of the preliminary studies for Smart Energy Åland. Key results and conclusions are now compiled in a joint report with the project CEMBioFlex, which has investigated which role bioenergy CHP has potential to play as a

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Flexens and Smart Energy Åland joins forces with Kökar Island in the Clean Energy for EU Islands project

11th March 2019

Kökar has been selected as one of 20 islands in Europe that will act as pioneers in the work of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Flexens is one of the players who will drive the work forward. – The solutions tested at Kökar can be used at a later stage throughout the Smart Energy Åland project,

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berndt schalin hos World Energy Council

Flexens presenting at World Energy Council Finland seminar

11th March 2019

Flexens Berndt Schalin, CEO of Flexens held a talk on Monday, February 25th at the seminar on the technology Power-to-X, arranged by the World Energy Council Finland. On Monday, February 25, Flexen’s CEO Berndt Schalin held a talk at the “How to Build a Smart and Flexible Energy System?” seminar arranged by World Energy Council

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The Owner Representatives

20th September 2018

The Owner representatives assembled in Mariehamn to sign the shareholders agreement, in the picture: David Karlsson – Ålands Elandelslag, Jim Häggblom – Viking Line Buss, Camilla Gunell – Energy minister and Deputy Head of the Government of Åland Islands, Johnny Lindström – Electrical safety, Government of Åland Islands, Dick Kronman – Clic Innovations, Berndt Schalin –

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