Power plant news

Phasing out the energy use of peat and achieving a considerable increase in the use of recycled fuel. These are two basic reasons that gave rise to development collaboration between Pohjolan Voima and ANDRITZ, a supplier of boiler s…

The Jumisko hydropower plant in Kemijärvi has been restarted after its overhaul. The control options and energy efficiency of the power plant will improve as a result of the overhaul.

Together with the technology company ANDRITZ, the Pohjolan Voima energy company has commissioned the Metris BOA measurement and analysis system, which is unique in Finland. It is used to extend the service life of power plant boiler…

Porin Prosessivoima’s power plant in Kaanaa will stop burning peat and coal within the next two years. For the people living in Pori, this means more environmentally friendly district heat. Peat will be replaced by local wood fuel…

Power plant specialist Jari Grönvall has been appointed as the Managing Director of PVO-Lämpövoima Oy as of 1 June 2021. The present Managing Director Petri Hurri will retire in August 2021.

The Pohjolan Voima energy company is further expanding the use of bio-based fuels. This spring, sunflower seed shell pellets and bio-based lignin separated from wood will be tested at the Rauman Biovoima power plant. Pohjolan Voimaâ…

The operational business of Laanilan Voima Oy, a subsidiary of Pohjolan Voima, has shut down at the end of March. The operational business of Laanilan Voima terminated as a result the restructuring of the energy functions that are b…

The overhaul of PVO-Vesivoima’s Jumisko hydropower plant in Kemijärvi has begun. The overhaul will improve the power plant’s capacity to produce regulating energy that will provide an important balance to the national power sup…

PVO-Vesivoima’s hydropower plants on the Iijoki, Kemijoki and Kokemäenjoki rivers will introduce a new central control system in March. The selected system is Valmet DNA, and the supplier is Valmet.
The system will provide PVO-V…

Pohjolan Voima’s subsidiary PVO-Vesivoima Oy and Caverion have signed a follow-up agreement concerning operation and maintenance for the Kokemäenjoki, Iijoki and Kemijoki hydropower plants in Finland. The agreement will ensur…