In addition to environmental issues, public and political discussion has centred around climbing energy prices. Energy efficiency has become a crucial issue for many businesses.

EnergyVaasa businesses and research institutes are committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. They accomplish this through the development of products and services that improve energy efficiency throughout the chain, from production to end-use. Distributed energy production entails new challenges for electricity distribution. The traditional method has been to produce electricity in large units and transmit it to consumers via a transmission and distribution network. This approach will change. In future the electricity feed points will be more evenly distributed, which implies a greater challenge for monitoring and protecting the network.

New low-loss power transmission and distribution systems, transformers, and modern intelligent electricity distribution automation solutions are lowering electricity transmission and distribution costs, and are making the network more reliable. Industry consumes 42% of all electricity produced, with the most consumption coming from processes driven by electric engines. Herein lies huge potential for saving energy. By controlling the engines using frequency converters, for example, up to 40% in energy savings can be achieved. Vaasa region businesses are active in taking advantage of the opportunities arising from the changing market. EnergyVaasa is working for a cleaner world – a world where energy is produced using environmentally sustainable methods, and where consumption is kept within reasonable bounds.

Sustainable development with energy efficiency