Sweco news & insights
Espoon Zeniitti is the first Finnish residential building to obtain a BREEAM New Construction ‘Very Good’ certificate at the design stage. Read more
The Vanadium Recovery Project, a joint venture between Australian companies Critical Metals Ltd and Neometals Ltd, paves the way for a significant increase in high purity vanadium (V) production and self-sufficiency in Europe. The plant is to be situated in Pori, Finland. Read more
The green hydrogen production plant planned in Harjavalta is a major opening in the emergence of the Finnish hydrogen market as the first industrial scale production plant. Construction of the plant is scheduled to begin next fall, expected to complete in 2024. Read more
A new industrial-scale air-to-water heat pump plant will rise on the current site of the energy company Fortum's thermal plant in Vermo, Espoo. When completed in 2023, the plant will provide zero-emission-free district heating to residents of Espoo, Kauniainen and Kirkkonummi, as well as cooling for the nearby area. Read more
The Tramway Alliance in charge of constructing Tampere Tramway will start building Stage 2B of the tramway from Santalahti to Lentävänniemi in spring 2022, now that the artificial island planned along the route has received a building permit. Read more
Last month, Lassi Matikainen, Senior Technical Specialist at Sweco’s Infra & Rail department, received a significant lifetime achievement award at the annual Signal+Draht congress of the railway signalling industry of German-speaking counties. The congress was held in Fulda, Germany. The award was granted for the fifth time now, and Matikainen is its first Finnish recipient. Read more
Hycamite TCD Technologies has selected Sweco to engineer its pilot plant for industrial hydrogen production. The plant will be built in Kokkola Industrial Park (KIP), Finland, which is the largest concentration of the inorganic chemical industry in Northern Europe. At the pilot plant, Hycamite will perfect its new carbon-neutral hydrogen production technology based on methane decomposition. Read more
Sweco wins a group of rail assignments associated with the “One Hour Train” project, including detailed engineering design and electrical design of the new Kupittaa-Turku double track, the redevelopment of Turku Central Railway Station's passenger and freight rail yard terminals, as well as the planning of the new Espoo-Salo direct rail line. The combined value of the assignments is approximately EUR 9.6 million. Read more
Sweco is part of the alliance group that will construct the new Crown Bridges tramway in Helsinki, Finland. It will become Finland’s longest bridge. Work is expected to start this autumn. Read more
Vantaan Energia, Sweco and Fira have concluded a project alliance contract regarding the development of a waste treatment plant for non-recyclable waste. The contract covers the development phase of the alliance. The implementation phase is expected to begin in early 2022. Read more