Finland

A new Finnish Tekes funded programme is organizing a kick off seminar, Today, April 18, 2012to present the present situation of the electric vehicles in Finland through the participating companies contributions. National test environment for electric vehicles –project EVELINA refers to a comprehensive test environment for electric vehicles nationwide.  The vehicles will be tested in various cities in Finland: at the beginning at least in Tampere, Varkaus, Lappeenranta, Kuopio, Vaasa, Helsinki. The implementation of this is based on coherent solutions for data collection and management with various vehicle monitoring systems provided by different suppliers, read more http://www.evelina.fi/.

H2 Logic A/S has recently supplied a hydrogen refuelling station 150 meters north of the polar circle, at the Arctic Driving Centre in Finland. The station is based on H2Station® technology and provides three minutes fast fill of hydrogen at 700 bar for fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) being tested by car manufacturers under extreme cold climate conditions. The station is rented by the leading Finish gas company Oy Woikoski Ab which also handles the supply of hydrogen. The decision by the driving centre to install facilities for testing of FCEVs was in response to demand from automotive OEMs. Despite an average temperature of −15°C and sometimes as low as −45°C, FCEVs should be able to refuel for long ranges in a few minutes, just as if they were using gasoline. Fast-fill of hydrogen to any FCEV at any refuelling station worldwide, irrespective of local climate, is possible thanks to various industrial and globally agreed hydrogen refuelling standards such as the SAE J2601 fuelling protocol and because of a globally agreed nozzle design. The H2Station® from H2 Logic provides full compliance with all applicable international standards, including refuelling in accordance with the specifications in SAE J2601, thus offering three minutes fast fill. During 2011 H2 [...]

The European Commission, Directorate General for the Environment is hosting  the 11th European Forum on Eco-Innovation that will take place on 11 and 12 October in Helsinki and Lahti, Finland. The 11th Forum will be dedicated to ‘Working with emerging economies for green growth’ The objectives of this forum are to: identify global opportunities for eco-innovation and for green trade between developed and developing nations; review practical examples of making trade work on the ground; and pinpoint the challenges and generate recommendations for policies that create a new platform to increase the global green market. The outcomes will contribute to the development of the EU position at the Rio+20 conference. This forum is jointly organised by the Finnish Ministry of the Environment and the European Commission, with the support of the Lahti Science and Business Park. Please note that attendance at the Forum is upon registration only and that the European Commission does not reimburse any expenses. Click here for the programme (.pdf), for more information and to register.