{"id":80247,"date":"2026-05-21T15:53:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/insight\/press-releases\/sweco-toteutussuunnittelukumppaniksi-oulun-energialle\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T16:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:08:24","slug":"sweco-selected-detailed-design-partner-for-oulu-energia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/insight\/news\/sweco-selected-detailed-design-partner-for-oulu-energia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweco\u00a0selected as detailed design partner for\u00a0Oulun\u00a0Energia\u2019s third electric boiler project\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block cb block--white\" >\n\t<div class=\"block__inner cb__inner cb__inner--one\">\n\t<div class=\"col--12 col--center col--wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col col--6 editor-content\">\n\t\t\t<h1>Sweco selected as detailed design partner for Oulun Energia\u2019s third electric boiler project<\/h1>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">May 21, 2026<br \/>\nOulun\u00a0Energia has selected\u00a0Sweco\u00a0as the detailed design partner for its third electric boiler project in Oulu.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sweco\u00a0has been involved in the project since the preliminary design phase and has also supported\u00a0Oulun\u00a0Energia in the procurement of the boiler. The project is part of the ongoing transition of district heating and the development of heat production.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:130,&quot;335559740&quot;:260,&quot;469777462&quot;:[0,567,1276,2552,3828,5103,6379,8364],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The third electric boiler is part of\u00a0Oulun\u00a0Energia\u2019s broader investment in flexible and\u00a0low<\/span>\u2011<span data-contrast=\"auto\">emission\u00a0heat production, where district heating is developed to utilise multiple production methods in parallel. An electrode boiler converts electricity into heat with high efficiency and\u00a0operates\u00a0as a flexible load in the electricity system. As electricity generation increasingly relies on renewable sources, electric boilers enable the utilisation of renewable electricity in district heating and help reduce the use of fossil fuels.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:130,&quot;335559740&quot;:260,&quot;469777462&quot;:[0,567,1276,2552,3828,5103,6379,8364],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sweco\u2019s\u00a0assignment covers the detailed design of the electric boiler project. The company has also contributed during the preliminary design phase and supported\u00a0Oulun\u00a0Energia in the boiler procurement process.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:130,&quot;335559740&quot;:260,&quot;469777462&quot;:[0,567,1276,2552,3828,5103,6379,8364],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe have carried out several similar projects with\u00a0Oulun\u00a0Energia, which has clarified roles and responsibilities. When procurement and interfaces between different engineering disciplines are defined in advance, project delivery can be managed more efficiently and according to schedule. Electric boilers are part of a broader development in which district heating is produced using multiple solutions in parallel,\u201d says <strong>Lauri Pienipaavola<\/strong>, Project Manager,\u00a0Sweco.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:130,&quot;335559740&quot;:260,&quot;469777462&quot;:[0,567,1276,2552,3828,5103,6379,8364],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inquiries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Teemu Karjalainen,\u00a0Project supervisor,\u00a0Sweco, Tel. +358 40 579 8483, teemu.karjalainen@sweco.fi\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Olli\u00a0Nurmesniemi, Project Supervisor,\u00a0Sweco, Tel. +358 50 316 0211,\u00a0olli.nurmesniemi@sweco.fi<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:130,&quot;335559740&quot;:260,&quot;469777462&quot;:[0,567,1276,2552,3828,5103,6379,8364],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"buttons-wrapper buttons-wrapper--left\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oulun\u00a0Energia has selected\u00a0Sweco\u00a0as the detailed design partner for its third electric boiler project in Oulu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":68325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[1350,1351],"class_list":["post-80247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-energiasuunnittelu","tag-teollisuus-ja-energia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80249,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80247\/revisions\/80249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}