Phased implementation
Modularity can support phased deployment. The schedule depends on the grid connection, permitting, equipment availability and commissioning tests.
Modular energy platform
Power, cooling and heat for industry and data centres
Tehoasema combines local power generation, backup power, cooling, heat recovery and energy storage into an energy platform sized to the needs of each project.
Sized to the project's loads
Power, heat and cooling together
Heat and flexibility utilisation assessed site by site
Why Tehoasema
Energy infrastructure that enables the project
Data centre and industrial projects in Finland need infrastructure that can be deployed quickly, scaled and operated efficiently. Grid connections, electricity price volatility, heat utilisation and security of supply directly affect project viability. Tehoasema helps turn energy infrastructure from a bottleneck into an enabler of the investment project.
Can accelerate project start-up when the grid connection is a constraint
Can improve energy efficiency and support waste heat utilisation
Enables joint optimisation of cooling and heat production
Can support local energy self-sufficiency and security of supply
Conditions for the benefits
What are the benefits based on?
The value of the energy platform comes from aligning technical solutions, local conditions and agreed responsibilities. The outcome is always assessed project by project.
Heat utilisation
The benefit requires sufficient heat demand, a suitable temperature level and an offtake arrangement that is technically and commercially feasible.
Flexibility and reserves
The benefit depends on sizing, control, spare capacity and market eligibility once the needs of critical loads have been met.
The same principle may apply to an industrial site or a data centre. The final structure is determined by the loads, reliability requirements, grid connection and heat offtake.
Power generation
Local generation complements the grid connection in an agreed way.
Energy storage and control
Storage and control smooth the load within the available capacity.
Industrial critical loads
The power, heat and reliability needs of processes guide the sizing.
Data centre critical loads
IT load, cooling and continuity requirements are handled as a whole.
Cooling and waste heat
Heat collected from cooling is routed to a heat pump when it is usable.
Heat pump and heat use
The temperature level is raised for the site's process or a heating network if offtake is feasible.
Spinning reserve means rapidly adjustable power from generation that is running and connected to the power system, used in disturbances or when the load changes.
A preliminary assessment defines the required power and support duration, load profiles, state-of-charge management, control principles, heat offtake, and grid and reliability limits.
Implementation models
Two ways to implement the energy platform
The energy system of an industrial plant or data centre can be built as part of the site or as a separate energy station.
Energy solution integrated into the site
The energy platform is designed and integrated directly into the industrial plant's or data centre's own premises and automation. Power generation, backup power, cooling and heat recovery are sized to the site's own processes and critical loads.
- Tailored to a single facility's premises, processes and backup power needs
- Integrates with the building and production process systems
- Suitable for new-build projects and for modernising existing infrastructure
Energy and cooling as a service (EaaS)
A separate energy station generates and supplies power, cooling, heat and backup power as an agreed service. The customer receives the energy services it needs without having to tie up capital or manage day-to-day energy generation itself.
- Energy, cooling and backup power are supplied as an agreed service
- Frees up the customer's capital and resources for its core business
- Can serve a single site or several operators
In both models, ownership, the investment structure and responsibilities for operation and maintenance are agreed project by project according to the needs of the customer and partners.
Solutions
A modular system for power, heat and cooling
A system assembled from modules to suit the project's needs. The solution can be expanded as operations grow.
Module A
Explore solutionLocal power generation and backup power
Power supply to critical loads can be supported with generation sized to the site's needs.
Module B
Explore solutionCooling systems
Cooling can be matched to the load and integrated into the energy system of an industrial site or data centre.
Module C
Explore solutionHeat pump systems
The temperature level of waste heat can be raised for local process, building or network use.
Module D
Explore solutionHeat recovery and district heating integration
Usable waste heat can be directed to the site's own use or to a heating network when the conditions for offtake are met.
Module E
Explore solutionEnergy storage, flexibility and reserves
Storage, control and spinning reserve can smooth power and voltage peaks and support rapid load changes.
Module F
Explore solutionProject development and investment models
Technical options, design packages, responsibilities and the commercial model can be assessed before the investment decision.
Module G
Fuel systems
A basic fuel supply module for new and existing plants. The system can be expanded with additional modules as operations and fuel demand grow.
Module H
Carbon dioxide capture and adsorption cooling
A basic module for new and existing gas engine plants. The system can be expanded with additional modules as operations grow.
Built for the Finnish energy market
Is energy infrastructure the bottleneck in your project?
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