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Shopping Center Skanssi heated and cooled with geoenergy

When Skanssi shopping center partnered with Adven in 2019, the goal was clear: to secure a reliable, low-emission, and cost-predictable energy solution for heating and cooling the entire property. Adven implemented a custom geoenergy service that has since proven its value both economically and environmentally. In the shopping center Skanssi…

Adven joins the Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce (SPCC) to accelerate its exploration of the Polish industrial energy market

Adven has joined the Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce (SPCC), strengthening its exploration of industrial energy opportunities in Poland and plugging into a strong local network of like-minded value-based companies. Poland is scaling fast as an industrial economy - yet still runs one of Europe’s most coal-dependent power and heat systems. For…

Heat keepers of Eastern Estonia

In East and West Virumaa in Estonia, industry, manufacturing, and everyday life exist side by side. This is where Adven’s district heating customers live and work—families, public institutions, and large industrial customers who depend on reliable heat and steam every day. Serving the region is a close-knit Adven team: small…

Adven and Kuusamon EVO enter the electricity reserve markets together

Adven and Kuusamo Energy and Water Cooperative (EVO) are expanding their long-term energy partnership by entering the electricity reserve markets together in 2026. Simultaneously, Adven is investing in two new separate electric storage units in Kuusamo, Finland. These assets will be utilized for district heating production, balancing the Finnish power…

Fuel Manager Martina matches the right waste stream with the right plant

Waste streams, logistics puzzles and contract negotiations – these are some of the elements that make up everyday life for Adven’s Fuel Manger, Martina Welén. After starting her career at Sweden’s largest grocery retailer ICA, she now works at the very end of the product life cycle, where her deals…

Adven boosts renewable heat efficiency in Estonia with flue gas condenser investment

Adven is strengthening the efficiency and sustainability of district heating in Estonia by installing a 1.3 MW flue gas condenser at its combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Rakvere. The new technology enables the recovery of heat from flue gases that would otherwise be lost through the chimney, redirecting…

Adven & Neste – Partnership advancing energy efficiency in Naantali, Finland

Neste needed a new energy solution for its Naantali terminal to ensure a continuous supply of steam. In 2022, Adven and Neste agreed on a service-based steam delivery solution, and since 2024 Adven has been supplying the terminal with steam produced from renewable energy sources. Reliable and flexible steam supply…

3 strategies to increase waste heat recovery in the industry

Waste heat is one of the most overlooked resources in the industrial sector – despite its enormous potential. According to a new report from the Swedish research consultancy Profu, the untapped waste heat in Sweden alone is estimated at 16 TWh, while only 6 TWh is currently utilized. The greatest…