20.1.2021 News Power plant news Press releases PVO-Vesivoima and Caverion continue their long-term partnership in the operation and maintenance of hydropower plants Pohjolan Voima’s subsidiary PVO-Vesivoima Oy and Caverion have signed a follow-up agreement concerning operation and maintenance for the Kokemäenjoki, Iijoki and Kemijoki hydropower plants in Finland. The agreement will ensur…
16.12.2020 News Power plant news Press releases New caisson technique replaces diving when repairing hydropower plants The caisson innovation designed by PVO-Vesivoima’s specialists saves effort and money when repairing hydropower plants. The innovators received Pohjolan Voima’s initiative award for their idea. Performing concrete repair work wh…
14.12.2020 News Power plant news Press releases Permit for Raasakka fishway – good news for migratory fish The Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland decided to grant a water management permit for the Raasakka fishway in Iijoki. The decision is significant for the work to revive stocks of migratory fish in the Iijoki r…
9.11.2020 News Power plant news Press releases Finland’s first downstream migration route for smolt built at Haapakoski rapids in Iijoki river A construction project worth more than EUR 1.5 million will be started in November at Haapakoski rapids in the Iijoki river to secure the downstream migration of salmonids. “The construction of a downstream migration…
2.11.2020 News Power plant news Press releases Kymin Voima’s biopower plant is ready for winter Kymin Voima’s biopower plant has made preparations for the winter. Fuel levels are good for the winter, the plant has been serviced thoroughly and the forest residuals crusher, which was damaged in the small fire at the beginning…
19.10.2020 News Power plant news Press releases Laanilan Voima Oy doubles the use of wood-based fuels as a source of energy The investment amounting to nearly EUR 4,000,000 in the Laanilan Voima power plant will increase the share of wood-based fuels to 50% of all the fuels used in the power plant and make it possible to replace peat with by-products fro…
1.10.2020 News Power plant news Press releases Finland’s tallest smokestack to be demolished in Kristiinankaupunki The tallest smokestack in Finland, located in the power plant area of PVO-Lämpövoima Oy in Kristiinankaupunki, will be demolished on Thursday, 1 October 2020. Closed in 2015, the power plant was Pohjolan Voima’s last solely elec…
1.9.2020 News Press releases Jani Pulli returns home to Oulu to start work as managing director of PVO-Vesivoima Oy Jani Pulli, a longstanding hydropower expert and engineer, will be leading PVO-Vesivoima Oy as of 1 September. Pulli, who started work at the Pohjolan Voima Group as head of operations more than twenty years ago, is a well-known&nbs…
8.6.2020 News Power plant news Press releases A decade of Kaukaan Voima biopower plant operations plays a pivotal role in Lappeenranta achieving its emission goals During its ten years of operation, Kaukaan Voima’s bio energy-fuelled combined heat and electricity power plant has cut the district heating emissions in Lappeenranta in half. The power plant produces carbon dioxide-neutral proces…
2.6.2020 News Power plant news Press releases Demolition of Pohjolan Voima’s power plant in Kristiinankaupunki begins Pohjolan Voima will commence the demolition of the coal- and oil-fired power plants in Kristiinankaupunki as of the second week of June. Pohjolan Voima aims to progress towards carbon neutrality on market terms. Pohjan Voima̵…
