Power plant news

On Thursday, August 29, 2024, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden visited the Tengeliö River fishways being built at the Portimokoski power plant of Tornionlaakson Voima in Ylitornio. The visit is part of a broader familiarisation visit…

Located at Nokianvirta on the Kokemäenjoki river in Nokia, both turbines of the Melo hydropower plant are to be renovated. PVO-Vesivoima made an investment decision on the renovation. Scheduled to start in June 2025, the project wi…

The Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland has issued its decision on the change applications submitted by the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Lapland in 2017 regarding stocking…

The construction of Porin Prosessivoima Oy’s new flue gas condenser plant, or the KALTO ’24 project, has got off to a good start. In the summer of 2023, the company decided to invest in a flue gas condenser plant, which is now u…

The automation systems of Rauman Biovoima’s combined heat and power plant will be modernised in phases. In the first phase, the controls and regulators of the fuel conveyors will be replaced. The new equipment will be commissioned…

The Board of Directors of Rauman Biovoima Oy has appointed Markus Pyykönen, Asset Development Manager of Pohjolan Voima Oyj, as Managing Director of Rauman Biovoima Oy as of 1 September 2024. The current Managing Director Timo Pitk…

Pohjolan Voima, one of Finland’s largest energy companies, is investigating the possibility of building a pumped-storage power station in the area of Lake Kemijärvi. Pumped-storage power stations are used in the mountain regions…

PVO-Vesivoima Oy and Caverion continue their partnership. Caverion will continue to be responsible for the operation and maintenance of PVO-Vesivoima’s hydropower plants on the Iijoki and Kemijoki rivers and Melo hydropower plant on…

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…