🇫🇮 The EIA report for Kirrinsanta in Pori has been completed
The environmental impact of the hydrogen plant planned for Kirrinsanta in Pori is mainly moderate or minor, according to the completed environmental impact assessment (EIA) report.
Nordic Ren‑Gas Oy is developing a significant Power-to-Gas project in Pori. The project aims to build a production plant that produces renewable e-methane, hydrogen and district heating from waste heat generated by the process. The planned location of the e-methane plant is in the Kirrinsanta industrial area.
The plant will be implemented in stages, and according to the preliminary schedule, the construction of the first phase of the plant will take place in 2026–2028. During the expansion phase, the plant’s production capacity will be tripled.
The carbon dioxide to be utilised in the first phase of the project will be captured from Pori Energia’s Aittaluoto bio-CHP plant. Biogenic carbon dioxide will be transported from Aittaluoto to Kirrinsanta by truck, where it will be used as a raw material for renewable fuel. The Kirrinsanta project supports the long-term cooperation between Ren-Gas and Pori Energia in the development of carbon dioxide capture and utilisation.
The production of renewable e-methane, hydrogen and district heating from process waste heat is based on a carbon-neutral fuel cycle. The project consists of a technology package that includes hydrogen and methane production, methane further processing and heat production, along with auxiliary equipment, integration and buildings.
Ren-Gas is Finland’s leading developer of the hydrogen economy, promoting the creation of a decentralised renewable e-methane production network in Finland. The renewable fuels produced by Ren-Gas will reduce the use of fossil fuels in heavy road and maritime transport by up to 250 million litres per year. In total, Ren-Gas’s projects will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than one million tons per year in the transport and energy sectors.
To achieve this goal, Ren-Gas is actively developing a production portfolio that can produce e-methane for up to 8 000 trucks. Ren-Gas will acquire Finnish wind power for e-methane production, and the projects will significantly support the expansion of wind power in Finland. In addition, the portfolio’s approximately 800 MW of electrolyser capacity will be flexible according to the needs of the electricity system, increasing demand flexibility in the Finnish electricity grid.
You can access the EIA material for the project via the following link: EIA for the P2X plant in Pori.
The BotH₂nia network aims to build a robust hydrogen industry around the Gulf of Bothnia and combine our resources to pursue this common goal. Here in the Nordics, we are better known for action than words, which means our greener future is already well underway.
Norwegian subsea desalination company Flocean has extended its Series A funding round to USD 22.5 million (approximately NOK 228 million and ISK 2.85 billion) to launch what it describes as the world’s first commercial subsea desalination plant and scale projects in water-stressed coastal markets.
Flocean, which was recently named a TIME Best Invention of 2025, said the extended round adds global water technology company Xylem Inc. as a strategic investor alongside existing backers Burnt Island Ventures, Freebird Capital, Katapult Ocean and Nysnø Climate Investments, as well as new investors including Ari Emanuel, Orion, Rypples and Wellers Impact’s Water Unite Impact Fund.
The company operates a test site at Norway’s largest offshore supply base, Mongstad Industrial Park in Alver, where it has already been desalinating water for 12 months. Under an agreement with Alver Municipality, Flocean will explore supplying desalinated water to local industrial and municipal customers and assess how its systems can integrate with existing water infrastructure.
Proceeds from the round will fund the launch and operation of “Flocean One” at Mongstad in 2026. The demonstrator plant is designed to produce 1,000 cubic meters of freshwater per day, with a modular configuration that the company says can be scaled to serve municipal, industrial and agricultural users in more than 90 water-stressed coastal markets.
Flocean’s systems are deployed 400–600 meters below the ocean surface, using natural pressure at depth to lower energy requirements and reduce the need for coastal land-based infrastructure. The company says its subsea approach can reduce capital cost per unit of capacity by a factor of 7–8 compared with conventional shore-based seawater reverse osmosis plants, cut energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions by around 50 percent, and reduce coastal land use by about 95 percent while eliminating toxic brine discharge near sensitive habitats.
The company aims to provide water under long-term, bankable offtake agreements using a build-own-operate model, targeting water-intensive sectors such as semiconductors, data centers and mining that face growing constraints on freshwater availability.
Alexander Fuglesang, Founder & CEO of Flocean, said: “We’re not making an incremental improvement—we’re changing the fundamental economics of water.”
Flocean will also join the Xylem Innovation Labs Accelerator, a program that supports the scaling of emerging water technologies through Xylem’s global customer network and sector expertise.
Flocean AS is a Norwegian subsea desalination company whose patented modular systems use natural pressure and stable water quality at depth to deliver low-cost, low-carbon freshwater without toxic brine discharge or a large coastal footprint.
Originally published on 21 November 2025 by BotH2nia.
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