Power plant news

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…

The Rauman Biovoima biopower plant is currently undergoing extensive annual maintenance operations to ensure reliable production over the coming winter. Planned maintenance operations also promote the efficient use of resources, as…

The dam bridge of the Melo hydropower plant in Nokia is once again open for bicycle and pedestrian traffic. The renovation work that closed the earth dam for a long time have ended, and the finishing work for the area after the clos…

Installation work for the Kalasydän fishway has started at the Pohjolan Voima power plant in Raasakka, located on the Iijoki river. The new fishway is planned for deployment in June, after the spring floods. The new solution is par…

Regular electricity production at Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) has started on Sunday 16 April 2023. Test production has been completed and OL3 nuclear power plant unit is ready. The fact that OL3 is now ready is a significant event for Finland…

PVO-Vesivoima is planning the commissioning of a 3 MW ultracapacitor at its Kierikki power plant on the Iijoki river. An ultracapacitor is a short-term energy reserve that improves the performance of a hydropower plant and meets the…

The first bored pile wall used to seal an earth dam in Finland was constructed at the Melo hydropower plant on the Kokemäenjoki river in Nokia. The project involved the deepest bored pile wall structure in Finland, as well as the l…