Forus Is Heading to Climate Week NYC 2026
Looking for the Next Companies to Scale in Nordics
Forus CEO Eero Oksanen will be at Climate Week NYC, September 20–27, 2026 and he's looking forward to meeting founders and executives from climate and clean-industry companies that are ready to bring their technology to Europe.
If your company is planning a first-of-a-kind (FOAK) plant or looking to establish operations in Europe, this is a good moment to talk — over coffee in New York, or afterwards in Helsinki.
Finland is the best place for green projects
We're project developers, not consultants
Forus is a Finnish project development company. We don't just write reports and hand them over — we get hands-on with our clients, sharing the risk of turning a promising technology into a real, financed and operating project.
Our work spans site development (land, permits, grid connections, community and stakeholder engagement) and business development (feasibility studies, partnership planning, investment case modelling, business model design), backed by a wide network across industry, government and finance.
We've already done this for a range of clients and technologies:
- Developed one of the largest utility-scale solar portfolios in Finland
- Built the world's first international river-liming partnership with CarbonRun, sequestering carbon by restoring river chemistry
- Supported Valmet in developing and commercializing a novel biorefinery concept
- Advanced what could become Finland's biggest waste-heat project
- Brought a 30 MW battery storage systems to ready-to-build at record speed
- Created an algae production, a new industry, to Finland
"Forus is not a traditional consultant. Their project development-focused approach has brought drive to the process and pleasantly surprised us. When needed, they provide a turbo boost — an extra push that accelerates the project forward quickly."
"Forus Oy's Finnish regulatory and climate project expertise combined with our shared passion for combating climate change made them the natural partner for our first international partnership."
"Forus on yllättänyt meidät sekä työnsä määrällä että laadulla. He ovat auttaneet meitä avaamaan oikeita ovia Suomessa, tuottaneet korkeatasoisia analyysejä ja lisänneet ymmärrystämme siitä, miten teollisia hankkeita Suomessa kehitetään. Yhteistyö on vienyt hanketta eteenpäin hyvin konkreettisella tavalla.”
Now we're looking for the next companies to work with — and we're especially interested in technologies ready to prove themselves at commercial scale for the first time.
Why Finland is a dream location for a FOAK project
Finland offers a rare combination of advantages for companies looking to build and scale in Europe:
- One of the lowest power prices in Europe, alongside some of the largest price fluctuations — a strong setup for flexible, storage-linked business models
- Plentiful renewable power and roughly 30 million tonnes of biogenic CO2 available annually
- Cool climate and an open district heating market for waste-heat offtake
- Low cost of senior financing
- Fast, predictable permitting by European standards
- A stable, reliable society and legal system
- Sparse population, ample space, and low land prices
- Consistently ranked among the top countries in the world for economic, technological and social development
And when a project needs to look beyond Finland, we develop across the wider Nordic region too.
Let's talk in New York
Eero will be at Climate Week NYC from September 20–27, 2026, and is keen to meet companies exploring their first European foothold or their first commercial-scale plant.
If you'd like to arrange a meeting in New York — or simply want to start the conversation now — reach out directly:
Eero Oksanen
CEO, Forus
eero.oksanen@forus.fi
+358 50 5628 343
Erottajankatu 5, 3. krs, 170-2.
00130 Helsinki
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