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project info
Start date: 1 July 2018
End date: 30 June 2020
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 131 400,00 €
EU contribution: 45 990,00 € (35%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2020
Managing authority: työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö, yritys- ja alueosaston rakennerahastot ja koheesiopolitiikka -ryhmä
European Commission Topic

Industrial park of the future

Companies‘and organisations’ responsibility for the environment is even more important and environmental management is an important competitive factor. The processing and recycling of materials also generates diversified secondary raw materials and opens up prospects for the development of production and products based on environmental and energy know-how, as well as new business opportunities. The future industrial park aims at a well-functioning infrastructure in which a community of low-carbon companies, the availability of materials suitable for re-use, a skilled workforce, a training offer for industry and a network of experts, many business support services, good transport connections and well-functioning facilities create vitality and competitiveness. The project maps requirements for the industrial environment, taking into account environmental impacts, low carbon and sustainable development. Synergies will also be explored in the industrial ecosystem, especially from the point of view of carbon neutrality, and a resource-efficient exploitation model for energy and material flows will be developed. The preliminary plans will be developed into a process in which the various aspects of the operations are taken into account in terms of environmental sustainability, economy and feasibility. The project will create a concept for building a resource-efficient and environmentally friendly industrial ecosystem that enables new business, creates jobs and increases the vitality of the sub-region. The project aims for closed-loop solutions where electricity, water, heat and steam are recycled back into production. The carbon footprint of logistics will also be reduced in a close ecosystem. The project will cooperate with, among other things, the Arctic Extractive and Industrial Services Cluster (ABC), the New Economy Preparation Project and the Centre for the Circular and Bioeconomy launched in Kemi. In the ecosystem, companies can operate through a network model, utilising each other’s resources and reducing costs. Processing and recycling of energy and materials used by companies can lead to significant industrial symbioses where companies, utilising each other’s material and energy flows, technology, skills and services, create new business and added value, while reducing environmental impacts.

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