Press releases

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) programme for PVO-Vesivoima Oy’s Puhti pumped storage hydropower (PSH) project is now available. The EIA programme has been submitted to the Lapland ELY Centre and is open for public review…

Pohjolan Voima’s subsidiary, Porin Prosessivoima, has made an investment decision for a 60-megawatt electric steam boiler. The boiler will be integrated into Porin Prosessivoima’s existing power plant complex. It ensures and enhance…

Pohjolan Voima, one of Finland’s largest energy companies, is moving to the environmental impact assessment (EIA) phase in its pumped storage power plant project. A year ago, in February 2024, the company announced it was exploring…

The refurbishment of the turbines at the Melo hydropower plant, located in the Nokianvirta river in Nokia, part of the Kokemäenjoki water system, has begun ahead of schedule. The decision to start the refurbishment project was made…

The overhaul of the runner of the second turbine at PVO-Vesivoima’s Haapakoski power plant has been completed. Following successful test runs conducted at the beginning of January, the full capacity of both turbines at the pow…

Tornionlaakson Voima Oy’s Portimokoski hydropower plant, located on the Tengeliönjoki River, will undergo a major overhaul in the second half of 2026.  During the overhaul, the original turbine from 1987 will be refurbis…

One of the two turbines at PVO-Vesivoima’s Haapakoski hydropower plant will undergo a major overhaul during autumn 2024. The work has commenced today and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

PVO-Vesivoima is seeking a change from the Vaasa Administrative Court regarding the decisions made by the Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland on the stocking and fish stock management obligations for the Iijoki…

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 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…