Power plant news

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…

Antti Rainio has been appointed Senior Advisor of Pohjolan Voima Antti Rainio, M. Sc. (Eng.), Managing Director of Kymin Voima Oy since 2011, has been appointed Senior Advisor of Pohjolan Voima Oyj as of 1 January 2023. Antti Rainio…

Kymin Voima’s biopower plant has generated reliable heat and electricity for the inhabitants of Kouvola and for the UPM Kymi mill for already 20 years. The power plant is again ready for the winter alter the summer overhaul and fuel…

Eetu Loikkanen has been appointed as Power plant manager of Kymin Voima Oy as of 17 October 2022. He will work at the Kymin Voima bioenergy power plant in Kuusankoski in Kouvola. He will report to Antti Rainio, the Managing Director…

Porin Prosessivoima Oy and Nordic Ren-Gas Oy have signed a cooperation agreement on a feasibility study concerning a Power-to-Gas plant that would produce renewable methane and green hydrogen. The electrolysis efficiency of the Powe…

The repair of the Melo power plant’s dam on the Kokemäenjoki river in Nokia will continue until the end of the year. The work includes the construction of a bored pile wall which will ensure the dam’s watertightness. The dam br…

PVO-Vesivoima has implemented new process control and optimisation software to control all the company’s hydropower plants along the Iijoki river. The system was supplied by Honeywell. The river regulation software is the most adv…

An improved turbine regulator has been commissioned at the Melo hydropower plant on the Kokemäenjoki river. It enables more precise control of electricity production, as well as protects the equipment. The improved regulator is a c…