Power plant news

Fly ash generated by the Kaukaan Voima power plant in Lappeenranta has been granted the status of a by-product used for deep stabilisation and as a forest fertiliser by the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environm…

With the municipalities of Pello and Ylitornio, Tornionlaakson Voima Oy has received permission from the Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland to build two natural fishways at Portimokoski rapids. The by-pass cha…

The modernisation works of the stator of PVO-Vesivoima Oy’s Raasakka hydropower plant’s second generating unit have been completed and the generating unit is again in operation on the Iijoki river. The replacement investment will en…

Rauman Biovoima Oy is advancing the reuse of ash created in energy production. In a ten-year circular economy project, the Sampaanalanlahti bay port basin is being filled with a mass that contains ash created at the Rauman Biovoima…

The Fishheart fishway at PVO-Vesivoima Oy’s Raasakka power plant on the Iijoki River has proved attractive for fish. So far, 112 individual salmon and trout, as well as many other fish species such as river lampreys, have used the…

The modernisation works of the stator of the Raasakka hydropower plant’s second generating unit have begun on the Iijoki river. The investment will strengthen the power plant’s reliable production and control capabilities and is a p…

The Board of Kymin Voima Oy has appointed Kaj Råtts, Manager, Production Asset Management of Pohjolan Voima Oyj, Managing Director of Kymin Voima Oy as of 1 November 2023. The current Managing Director of Kymin Voima will retire at…

Operating in the Kaanaa industrial area in Pori, Porin Prosessivoima Oy will start the construction of a heat recovery plant in connection with its biofuel plant in the autumn of 2023. The plant will generate district heat from the…

To celebrate its 80th anniversary, Pohjolan Voima had an open day at the Jumisko hydropower plant in Kemijärvi on Thursday, 29 June 2023. Modern hydropower reconciles electricity production with the needs of nature and people.

In June, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) investigates the functionality of a downstream migration route for salmon fry near the Haapakoski hydropower plant on the Iijoki river. The monitoring area also covers the area ups…