Smart grids, smart cities and clean water are among the areas where Finland’s know-how converges with India’s needs, Finnish minister for energy and environment Kimmo Tiilikainen said.
The minister, who was in India with a business delegation for a four-day visit, said every Finnish household has a smart meter and the country’s power grids are among the most efficient in the world.
India’s ambitious Smart Cities programme too is complementary to the expertise of Finnish companies. In Finland, he said, utilities not only clean wastewater efficiently but also remove nutrients from the waste and use them for other purposes.
According to Hindustan Times, already, a Finnish firm and its Indian partner are setting up charging systems for electrical vehicles. Another firm is offering a means to wash coal — a problem in India which has high ash coal – use the residue for fuel and use the ash for construction material.
