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Simo Hämäläinen

Founder & CEO

Aircohol

Helsinki, Finland

23 profile visitsSpeakerSustainable/circular solution provider

I am the founder & CEO of climate tech company Aircohol. We make alcohol from air! Cheers, Planet!

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Aircohol

Aircohol

Start-up company

Helsinki, Finland

Aircohol has a cheerful way to save the planet! Patented Aircohol® tech offers alcohol & ethanol companies the best and most sustainable business case to utilise fermentation CO2 by helping them to convert it to sustainable alcohol for wonderful drinks or bioethanol. As side streams we generate essential nutrients like proteins and lipids for food & feed industries. With CO2 offset potential of hundreds of megatons, and drastic cut in land, water and nutrient use, Aircohol offers alcohol & ethanol companies much needed solution to reach promised net zero targets. We have a fantastic experienced cross-industry team from science to commercial. Currently scaling from a pilot in Finland to industrial size, and about to sign two of the globe’s top alcohol giants to paid pilots. Cheers, Planet! 🍻
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About me

After 20 years in international business of FMCG, entertainment, licensing and alcohol industry, I have taken a challenge with Aircohol to make the alcohol industry more sustainable by empowering distilleries & breweries to produce the world’s most sustainable drinks using nothing but CO2. Cheers, Planet!

My motto is "Good things happen to good people", and so far that has worked very well for all the good people I know.

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Interests

  • Climate
  • Carbon capture
  • CCU
  • CCS
  • alcohol
  • sustainability
  • CO2

Speaker sessions (1)

Wednesday, 12 February 2025

09:30 - 10:30

Solutions to valorize food waste

Format:Video conferencingTrack:Pitching session

The food industry continues to generate a lot of waste in almost all stages of the value chain. In this session we focus on how to transform food waste and by products from the food industry into valuable products and materials.

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