Helsingin Energia’s development projects
Competitive products and cost-effective production processes are an essential and integral part of Helsingin Energia’s operations. Helsingin Energia aims to identify the needs of its customers – people, industrial, energy and commercial enterprises, local authorities, and real estates using electricity, district heat, district cooling and related energy services – so that our products and services will meet them as far as possible.
Helsingin Energia has long traditions in the development of energy production. Combined heat and power (CHP) generation and extensive introduction of district heating in Helsinki were eco-efficient decisions in their time, carrying far into the future.
Expansion of district cooling in Helsinki and its production in a single process with electricity and district heat are examples of today’s eco-efficiency. District cooling is a sustainable solution, which has been received well in Helsinki.
We produce district heat and cooling in the Katri Vala heating and cooling plant. District heat is recovered from the waste heat of waste water; in the summer district heat is produced from the return water of district cooling. The production of district cooling uses sea water and, in the summer, surplus heat energy from district heating. It is the largest plant in the world to produce heat and cooling in a single process.
Helsingin Energia is a responsible partner also in climate issues. Innovations increasing the mitigation of climate change are important to us, and we are involved in a great number of development projects. In addition to low-emission CHP, our diverse production structure includes generation with nuclear power and emission-free renewable energy sources. Their use will be expanded according to our development programme.