Construction will begin in the first quarter of 2025 Eltel has been awarded a contract worth €73.5m ($75.8m) by Taaleri Energia to construct the Hallanvahti solar power plant in Joroinen With a capacity of 129 megawatts peak (MWp) the Hallanvahti plant is set to become the country’s second-largest solar power plant upon completion The project has now reached ready-to-build status and construction is set to begin in the first quarter of 2025 The Hallanvahti solar park is being developed under a turnkey contract covering the construction of the solar park With an estimated annual production of 140 gigawatt hours the solar farm will supply green electricity to 18,000 households and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 29,300 tonnes annually procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Taaleri Energia Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis This strengthens Eltel’s position as an infrastructure service provider in the renewable energy sector during the ongoing energy transition In September 2024, Taaleri Energia, in partnership with Masdar, secured financing for the Čibuk 2 wind farm in Serbia The financing was provided by commercial lenders UniCredit and Erste (Erste Group and Erste Bank Serbia) The wind farm is being developed through Masdar Taaleri Generation a joint venture between Masdar and Taaleri Energia in collaboration with Serbian developer New Energy Solutions In October 2024, OX2 entered an asset management agreement with Nuveen Infrastructure to oversee Finland’s Piiparinmaki wind farm which began commercial production in the summer of 2022 OX2 was tasked with the facility’s technical commercial and financial operations to optimise performance Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network 18.3.2025 09:30:00 EET | Kempower Oyj | Press release Faast Point guarantees that each of their charging points offer a constant charging power of minimum 150 kilowatts independent of how many cars are charging simultaneously many electric car models can be charged by 50% in around 15 minutes calculated for a medium or large 80 kWh battery The maximum charging speed is thus enabled for almost all current EVs on the market Payment has also been made as easy as possible; all stations allow payment by debit or credit card without registration Faast Point will open several stations across Finland in 2025 three additional public charging stations will follow one in the immediate vicinity of the Helsinki airport Faast Point aims to expand the chain by 20-30 stations The charging stations will be located along the busiest roads in densely populated urban areas and near shops and services.  Faast Point is using Cactos’ battery energy storage systems to allow several cars to be charged simultaneously at full capacity Faast Point can discharge the energy stored in the batteries to the chargers even when the power from the grid is already used.  Strong Finnish partner network to support Faast Point’s growth  Faast Point has chosen strong domestic partners to implement its plans The DC charging solutions are supplied from Kempower’s factories in Lahti which will include the new charging stations in the Virta charging network and the battery energy storage systems come from Finnish Cactos Faast Point's EV charging stations are likely to have one of the highest levels of domesticity on the Finnish market.  "We do not want to compromise on the quality of our partners in a major infrastructure investment we can implement a secure package now and in the future as the network expands," said Daniel Pasternack Chairman of the Board at Faast Point.  who are elevating the high-power charging network customer experience to a new level by leveraging energy solutions and the strongest partners in the industry From the power guarantee to the brightly illuminated rain-sheltering canopy and support for all payment methods the new Faast concept sets the standard for customer convenience—while maintaining highly competitive pricing enabled by savings and revenues from energy All Faast stations are ‘connected to the Virta Network’ and accessible without roaming surcharges to all other Virta platform EMPs’ EV drivers with normal roaming fees to external EMPs’ drivers and to unregistred drivers with one-time payments This ensures maximum utilization of the new stations from day one,” says Henrik Stigzelius “We’re extremely happy to support Faast Point’s market introduction in Finland taking a new approach to public charging with Kempower Station Chargers The launch supports the electrification of the car fleet and the decarbonizing of roads in Finland EV drivers can quickly charge up their car batteries at important junction points and main roads Although the charging station design is groundbreaking EV drivers can rest assured that charging is fast with the familiar Kempower charger user-interface,” concludes Erik Kanerva fredrik.palmen@kempower.com   Faast Point Oy is building a high-power charging network for electric vehicles in Finland and providing reliable easy and ultra-fast charging for electric vehicle drivers along highways and in urban areas Guaranteed power is generated by electricity storage systems that produce a minimum of 150kW of power from each charging point.  Subscribe to all the latest releases from Kempower Oyj by registering your e-mail address below Johtava DC-pikalatausratkaisujen toimittaja Kempower lanseeraa päivitetyn latausratkaisun Uudistettu latausratkaisu sisältää 600 tai 1 200 kW:n Kempower Power Unit -tehoyksikön joka voidaan yhdistää jopa 12 pikalatauspisteeseen Leading DC fast-charging solutions provider Kempower introduces its enhanced charging solution with more power The improved charging solution features a 600 or a 1,200 kW Kempower Power Unit connected to 12 charging points The enhanced Kempower DC charging solution features new configurations increasing the maximum number of outputs connected to the Power Unit from 8 to 12 Kempowerin DC-pikalatausratkaisuja on asennettu kahdelle uudelle Revelin latausasemalle: New Yorkin John F Kennedyn kansainväliselle lentokentälle (JFK) sekä San Franciscon Mission Districtiin Asennetut latausratkaisut toimitettiin Kempowerin Pohjois-Amerikan tehtaalta Kempower’s DC fast-charging solutions have been installed at two new Revel charging stations in New York at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and in San Francisco’s Mission District at 199 Erie Street The installed charging solutions were delivered from Kempower’s production facilities in Durham Johtava DC-pikalatausratkaisujen toimittaja Kempower kasvattaa läsnäoloaan Kaakkois-Aasiassa Yritys on jo toimittanut useita julkisia latausratkaisuja Malesiaan Maaliskuun 2025 lopussa avataan Johorin Mall of Medinissä yksi maan suurimmista latausasemista Asema palvelee sekä henkilöautoja että sähköbusseja In our pressroom you can read all our latest releases documents and other relevant information about us Tietosuoja The fourth song of this year’s Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) has been released You can listen to the song ”Aina” by Viivi here: is a 25-year-old singer-songwriter from Joroinen She started her singing career at very young age when in 2009 she participated in the kid’s singing competition Karuselli The following year she participated in the contest again and won In 2013 she took part in the first season of Finland’s The Voice Kids In 2017 Viivi made a recording deal with Capitol Records Her debut single ”Sä päätit tän” was released in February 2020 and her second single ”Lauseet on vain lauseita” came out in June 2020 was ranked third on Finland’s official singles list in January 2021 Viivi’s debut album ”Parisuhdehautausmaa” was published in March 2022 The album won three Emma Awards (Finnish Grammy Awards) and Viivi won the newcomer of the year award In 2022 Viivi also released a single ”Ihana kipu” which was a duet with UMK23 finalist Robin Packalen The single broke Spotify Finland’s daily streaming record for this decade Viivi’s career has taken significant turns When I’m involved in making the songs myself the songs look like me and you can clearly hear my voice in them Viivi tells YLE that she had been planning applying for UMK for a long time but she wanted to wait for the right song: ”The song must have a ‘douze points’ vibe Aina is loaded with such an indescribable emotion that it requires an arena to perform it I feel like this is the most important song in my career” This is what the expert jury of UMK25 said about Viivi and her song ”Aina”: Would you like to see it representing Finland in Eurovision 2025 Let us know in comments or our social media channels A Finnish woman with a huge passion for Eurovision My favourite ESC-memory is when the victory was FINALLY brought to Finland by Lordi and ”Hard rock hallelujah” in 2006 my all-time favourite Eurovision song is ”Waterloo” by Abba I love Eurovision because it brings whole Europe (and some other countries as well) together with music and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Open in Spotify to get all the Eurovision news as they happen The municipality of Joroinen in southeastern Finland is suffering from a serious rat problem Residents say that rats nearly size the cats are trying to enter their homes you have to kick the door to scare away the rats on the terrace We had to move the car from the backyard because rats were starting to get into it," says local resident Tuija Suistomaa but says that she no longer lets her mother sit out on the terrace for fear of rats "The school kids carry tree branches for safety when they walk home along this road They can use them to stun a rat if it scurries too close," she says The municipality's public health officials began receiving sightings of rats before Christmas the municipality sent residents a bulletin about the growing problem According to Marika Limatius of the Central Savo environmental office the problem likely stems from the demolition of an old movie theatre last autumn and several rat nests were found on the site after demolition So it’s likely that the rats started from there," she tells Yle Open image viewerImage: Toni Pitkänen / YleNow the problem has shifted to a former bakery building on the same road and its vicinity started his own control measures a few weeks ago Bergman says he had been raising chickens in the building since last summer and suspects that the chicken feed attracted the rats to the property There's no more food for the rats in the bakery," he says The municipality has urged residents to stop feeding birds to secure their waste bins and compost receptacles A pest control company has been hired and will begin trapping as soon as possible The company will primarily focus on the municipality's own properties while also providing assistance to private homeowners has arranged a meeting with a company representative on May Day Eve He knows that it won’t be easy to trap these rodents "The rats in the bakery have gotten really big and you can’t even bait them with meatballs It's good to get advice from professionals because we have declared war on rats," he says regional sales representative for pest control company Anticimex says that there have been an exceptionally high number of rat sightings this winter throughout Eastern Finland but the seesawing weather may have had an impact "The rats didn't really settle in when the temperature fluctuated between plus and minus We've had an exceptionally large amount of pest control work in both private homes and public spaces," Saikko says exceptional is that rats are usually a problem in larger cities It is common for rats to appear when large buildings are either being built or demolished in urban areas similar problems occurred in Turku and Joensuu last summer Climate warming appears to be boosting the number of rats in cities, according to a study published in the journal Science AdvancesOpens an external website in late January Eurovoix her entry for Uuden Musikiin Kilpailu 2025 was born in Turku but grew up in Joroinen in eastern Finland She started singing during her childhood and placed second on the first season of The Voice Kids Finland in 2013 VIIVI released her debut single “Sä päätit tän” she reached number three on the Finnish Singles Chart with “Lääke” she released her debut album “Parisuhdehautausmaa” The albums won three awards at the Emma Gala and VIIVI also won Newcomer of the Year her duet with Robin Packalen “Ihana kipu” went to number one on the Finnish Singles Chart and broke Spotify Finland’s daily streaming record for this decade The release order for the remaining songs is as follows: UMK 2025 will be held on February 8 in the Nokia Arena in Tampere UMK will be held in Tampere for the fourth time and in the Nokia Arena Finland was represented by Windows95man in the final of Eurovision 2024 with “No Rules!” Finland placed 19th in the final scoring a total of 38 points Finland first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 They debuted alongside Spain and Yugoslavia Finland has finished last in the contest on 10 occasions and has received ‘nul points’ three times It wasn’t until 2006 that Finland won the Eurovision Song Contest Lordi represented the country in Athens with the song “Hard Rock Hallelujah” scoring 292 points Neil is from Ireland but has lived in several countries around Europe He has has been an editor for Eurovoix since May 2017 He has been following the Eurovision Song Contest since 2005 and attended every contest as press since 2019 such as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest which he has watched since the very first edition in 2003 2014 4:00 PMWatch a Fighter Jet Take Off From a FreewayA Finnish air force jet takes off from a highway outside Joroinen in this 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