Atria, one of the leading food companies in Northern Europe, and Nevel, which offers advanced infrastructure solutions for industry and real estate, are expanding their cooperation at Atria’s Nurmo production facility in Finland. The cooperation supports Atria’s goal of a carbon-neutral food chain.
Nevel is investing in two 10 MW electric boilers and one 100 MWh heat accumulator, which acts as energy storage, at the Nurmo site. The project has been granted NextGenerationEU investment support from the European Union. The solution, which will begin operating at the end of 2025, brings flexibility and optimisation to energy production as well as a reduction in CO2 emissions of up to 5,800 tons annually.
The cooperation model continues energy efficiency-promoting measures in a flexible manner, in which energy is produced using a hybrid model that utilises several different energy sources. Nevel has extensive know-how in optimising production, for example based on the price of electricity using energy storage capacity. This enables Nevel to participate in the frequency return reserve market, which stabilises the operation of the electricity grid. Atria benefits through improved profitability of their investment and can focus on their core business.
The energy cooperation agreement, in place since 2009, includes the steam and district heating needed for the food production processes at the Nurmo facility.
More information
Hanna Viita, Director of Sustainability and Communications
Hanna.viita@nevel.com +358 40 167 1755
Atria and Nevel extend cooperation to support a carbon-neutral food chain. Photo: Atria.
Nevel in brief
Nevel offers advanced infrastructure solutions for industry and real estate that are purpose-built and future-proof. We are committed to climate-positive growth and implement social change by creating local circular economies and promoting the transition to CO2-neutral energy production. Nevel has almost 100 industrial and more than 5,000 real estate customers, to whom it offers decentralised energy and circular economy solutions. Nevel operates more than 130 energy production facilities and manages more than 40 district heating networks. The company’s turnover is 150 million euros. Nevel employs 190 experts in Finland, Sweden and Estonia.
