Race to dominate virtual power plant sector – Finland's Synergi scales up
21 jan. 2025
07:00
Virtual power plants are pulling in millions in funding worldwide, as the competition to create the next game-changing player in the sector intensifies.
Now, Finnish company Synergi is scaling up its operations. Co-founder Antti Hämmäinen tells Impact Loop why he believes Synergi is poised to become Europe’s leading name in the industry.
Now, Finnish company Synergi is scaling up its operations. Co-founder Antti Hämmäinen tells Impact Loop why he believes Synergi is poised to become Europe’s leading name in the industry.
The energy crisis has been one of Europe’s defining challenges in recent years, with skyrocketing prices, rising inflation, and the Ukraine war driving an urgent need for innovative solutions. Since 2022, energy has been a massive hot topic in the impact scene, attracting billions in investments aimed at tackling inefficiencies and reducing emissions.
For Antti Hämmäinen, the co-founder of Finnish impact company Synergi, the crisis was a call to action. In 2022, at just 27 years old, he was working at Cooler Future, a climate investment platform operating between Berlin and Helsinki. But he couldn’t shake the feeling that his own energy was better spent addressing Europe’s mounting energy challenges.