Hydropower

PVO-Vesivoima’s hydropower plants on the Iijoki, Kemijoki and Kokemäenjoki rivers will introduce a new central control system in March. The selected system is Valmet DNA, and the supplier is Valmet.
The system will provide PVO-V…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Jani Pulli has been appointed as the Managing Director of PVO-Vesivoima Oy. Mr Pulli will take over this position from Pertti Pietinen, who will retire as planned. Mr Pulli will start in his new position on 1 September 2020. He will…

A pioneering collaboration is currently underway to help the Iijoki river’s migratory fish. PVO-Vesivoima has made a commitment to the collaboration, aimed at promoting the restoration of the migratory fish’s natural cycle. T…