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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…

Katja Permanto, M. Sc. has been appointed Sustainability Manager of Pohjolan Voima Oyj. She also continues as Manager, Environmental Issues and Safety.

Pohjolan Voima celebrates it’s 80 anniversary in 2023. The company was founded in 1943. Pohjolan Voima’s 80th anniversary logo will be seen in our company’s visual identity materials, our communications and our events througho…

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…

We have donated the money reserved for Christmas greetings to charity. We support the Good Holiday Spirit campaign 2022.

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…

The project to reduce the plant’s minimum output has been completed at the Kaukaan Voima Oy biopower plant in Lappeenranta. The reduction of the minimum output of the boiler and the turbines increases energy efficiency and the fle…

Jarmo Tervo, M.Sc.(Eng.), has been appointed Managing Director of Kaukaan Voima Oy as of 1 January 2023. Kaukaan Voima is a subsidiary of Pohjolan Voima, operating in Lappeenranta. The present Managing Director Juha Kouki will cont…

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…