{"id":180569,"date":"2026-09-03T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=180569"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:33:11","slug":"stargate-hydrogen-strengthens-nordic-expansion-with-petri-sarnes-former-siemens-power-sector-director-of-finbaltic-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/stargate-hydrogen-strengthens-nordic-expansion-with-petri-sarnes-former-siemens-power-sector-director-of-finbaltic-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Stargate Hydrogen Strengthens Nordic\u00a0Expansion with\u00a0Petri Sarnes, Former\u00a0Siemens\u00a0Power Sector\u00a0Director\u00a0of\u00a0FinBaltic\u00a0region\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Stargate Hydrogen\u00a0today announced the appointment of\u00a0Petri Sarnes<\/a>\u00a0as\u00a0Country Director\u00a0for Finland,\u00a0further\u00a0strengthening\u00a0the company’s commercial presence in one of Europe’s most active\u00a0emerging hydrogen markets.\u00a0The appointment supports Stargate Hydrogen’s expansion across the Nordics as industrial companies increase investments in green hydrogen production and infrastructure.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finland has positioned hydrogen as a strategic part of its industrial and energy transition. The country is advancing large-scale production facilities, cross-border transport infrastructure, and export capabilities, while attracting substantial public and private investment into the sector.  
 
Stargate Hydrogen has steadily expanded its presence in Finland over the past few years. In late 2024, the company signed a partnership with ABB and LUT to study shunt currents in Alkaline electrolysis. On the same period the company signed a partnership with VTT to support the testing and development of its next generation alkaline electrolyser technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of 2025, Stargate Hydrogen joined the\u00a0H2 Springboard ecosystem<\/strong><\/a>, led by ABB, to help advance Finland’s hydrogen economy\u00a0and\u00a0in early 2026, the company successfully\u00a0delivery\u00a0a\u00a01 MW alkaline electrolyser\u00a0system\u00a0to Fortum’s Kalla Test Center in Loviisa, marking another step in the company’s growing role in the Finnish\u00a0market.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Petri Sarnes brings to Stargate Hydrogen more than four decades of leadership experience across the energy sector. His impressive journey includes the spearheading of conventional island in a green field 1200MWe new nuclear plant project, being the Co-founder of a deep tech plastic waste re-circulation startup company and holding several senior positions at Siemens, where he worked extensively in nuclear energy, oil and gas, power generation and renewable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His technical expertise will support Stargate Hydrogen’s efforts to serve Finnish industrial customers seeking high-efficiency electrolysis solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The appointment marks another large step in Stargate Hydrogen’s strategy to establish a stronger local presence in markets where demand for green hydrogen technologies is growing rapidly. With dedicated leadership in Finland, the company aims to build a local team to ensure closely collaboration with project developers, EPC contractors, industrial customers and energy companies as projects move from planning into execution. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Marko Virkebau
\u00a9 Stargate Hydrogen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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“Finland is one of Europe’s most promising hydrogen markets,\u00a0with\u00a0abundant renewable electricity, strong industrial demand and ambitious national targets.\u00a0Petri Sarnes brings an exceptional understanding of the Finnish energy sector together with extensive international experience. We welcome him to the Stargate Hydrogen team and look forward to the next chapter of our growth in Finland.”\u00a0– Marko Virkebau, CEO\u00a0of Stargate Hydrogen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Petri Sarnes will lead Stargate Hydrogen’s business and all related commercial activities in Finland, supporting customers throughout the development and deployment of green hydrogen projects while strengthening collaboration with the country’s growing hydrogen ecosystem. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a9 Stargate Hydrogen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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“I’m\u00a0eager to contribute\u00a0to Stargate Hydrogen at such an important moment for both the company and the Finnish hydrogen market,”\u00a0said\u00a0Petri Sarnes,\u00a0Stargate\u2019s\u00a0Finnish\u00a0Country\u00a0Director<\/strong>.\u00a0“Finland has the expertise, industrial base and renewable energy resources to become a leading producer of green hydrogen in Europe\u00a0and\u00a0Stargate Hydrogen\u00a0is ready\u00a0to\u00a0deliver\u00a0an innovative electrolyser technology that improves\u00a0efficiency and competitiveness.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Finland’s hydrogen ambitions continue to gain momentum. National initiatives are expected to generate tens of billions of euros in economic activity over the coming decades, while major infrastructure projects are laying out the foundation for a regional hydrogen economy.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Stargate Hydrogen<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Stargate Hydrogen is a European electrolyser technology company developing industrial hydrogen production systems for infrastructure and energy resilience projects. The company deploys precious-metal-free alkaline electrolysers for energy-intensive industries transitioning away from grey hydrogen, including refining, ammonia, methanol, e-methane, and steel production. Stargate Hydrogen is backed by committed investors such as Repsol, and trusted by clients including Fortum, Utilitas, ABB, and Rockfin, among many others across Europe, Turkey, and India. For more information, visit www.stargatehydrogen.com<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stargate Hydrogen\u00a0today announced the appointment of\u00a0Petri Sarnes\u00a0as\u00a0Country Director\u00a0for Finland,\u00a0further\u00a0strengthening\u00a0the company’s commercial presence in one of Europe’s most active\u00a0emerging hydrogen markets.\u00a0The appointment supports Stargate Hydrogen’s expansion across the Nordics as industrial companies increase investments in green hydrogen production and infrastructure.\u00a0 Finland has positioned hydrogen as a strategic part of its industrial and energy transition. The country is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":180590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Petri Sarnes joins the company as Country Director in Finland while the country accelerates investments in green hydrogen infrastructure","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[10744,14144,10630,14462,10743],"supplier":[4889,16510,459],"class_list":["post-180569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-carboncapture","tag-electrolysis","tag-hydrogen","tag-plasticwaste","tag-useco2","supplier-abb","supplier-lut-university","supplier-vtt-technical-research-centre-of-finland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180569"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180624,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180569\/revisions\/180624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180569"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=180569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}