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Hullu Poro Oy invests in
sustainability | Siemens
delivers building technology, electrification, and virtual power plant service
for Aurora Pyramids
Siemens
Osakeyhtiö will deliver building technology and related automation as a
service, as well as electrification, for the Aurora Pyramids in the Köngäs
village of Kittilä, eight kilometers north of Levi. The pyramids will be
connected to a new virtual power plant service, through which they will promote
sustainability. The pyramids will also become the world’s most northern
micro-grid that is connected to a larger electricity system under normal
conditions, but is able to operate as an independent network from time to time.
“Hullu Poro is a responsible tourism
company that promotes sustainability in Finland and wants to show the way for
tourist centers worldwide, as well as to ensure that nature in Lapland will
remain clean also for future generations. We provide a unique experience
without electrical interference for people spending a night in the pyramids
with the help of copper wells, for example. The virtual power plant service
allows us to participate in the fight against climate change. Meanwhile, we
will build one of Finland’s largest solar panel fields,” says Päivikki
Palosaari, the owner and managing director of Hullu Poro and holder of the
Finnish honorary title yrittäjäneuvos.
Siemens
Osakeyhtiö will deliver building technology and related automation as a
service, as well as electrification, for the Aurora Pyramids in the Köngäs
village of Kittilä, eight kilometers north of Levi. The pyramids will be
connected to a new virtual power plant service, through which they will promote
sustainability. The pyramids will also become the world’s most northern
micro-grid that is connected to a larger electricity system under normal
conditions, but is able to operate as an independent network from time to time.
“Hullu Poro is a responsible tourism
company that promotes sustainability in Finland and wants to show the way for
tourist centers worldwide, as well as to ensure that nature in Lapland will
remain clean also for future generations. We provide a unique experience
without electrical interference for people spending a night in the pyramids
with the help of copper wells, for example. The virtual power plant service
allows us to participate in the fight against climate change. Meanwhile, we
will build one of Finland’s largest solar panel fields,” says Päivikki
Palosaari, the owner and managing director of Hullu Poro and holder of the
Finnish honorary title yrittäjäneuvos.
Siemens’ delivery scope covers all the
required building technology and automation components for the pyramids,
electrification of the Taivaanvalkeat area, a solar energy system of 132 kWp
with an annual output of 114 Mwh, and a battery storage of 1.3 MW. Eleven
pyramids will be completed by the end of 2019.
Once complete, the pyramids will be
connected to the smart energy platform of Siemens’ subsidiary VIBECO. The
virtual power plant service makes it possible to offer power from the pyramids
as a load-balancing reserve for the Fingrid electricity market. The pyramids
will be able to automatically increase or reduce their electricity consumption
to balance the power grid. Fingrid, the grid operator, pays compensation for
such load-balancing operations.
“Siemens’ virtual platform and the
connected building automation will enable efficient and safe operation of the
pyramids with the help of cutting-edge technology,” says Ville Stenius from the
Smart Infrastructure unit of Siemens Osakeyhtiö.
Clients of Siemens’ new virtual power
plant service already include Sello shopping center, VR Group, the town of
Lappeenranta, and Goodman shopping center.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and
Employment supports the technology investments of the first properties to join
the virtual power plant with investment aids for key energy projects totaling
EUR 8.4 million. This investment aid ensures that operations significant for society,
proceed as quickly as possible.