18.12.2020 News Season’s greetings We have donated the money reserved for Christmas greetings to charity. We support the Good Holiday Spirit campaign 2020 The Good Holiday Spirit campaign is a joint fundraising initiative of the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare an…
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…
14.12.2020 News Pohjolan Voima is one of the Most Inspiring Employers in Finland in 2020 Pohjolan Voima reached excellent results in its personnel satisfaction survey for 2020. Pohjolan Voima is one the most inspiring employers in Finland in 2020. This recognition can only be achieved by organisations reaching optimal 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…
7.9.2020 News Power plant news New empoyees to Laanilan Voima in Oulu Jari Mattila has been appointed as Maintenance Engineer of Laanilan Voima Oy as of 14 September 2020. The duties of Maintenance Engineer include operation planning of the power plant and the related plants as well as managing, devel…
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…