Power plant news

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…

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…

More precise control of the discharged volume of water at the Raasakka hydropower plant on the Iijoki river introduces significant energy savings for PVO-Vesivoima.

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…