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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…

Energy company Pohjolan Voima has strengthened its public relations management. Miikka Koski has started as the new public relations manager. Mr Koski furthers Pohjolan Voima’s relations by increasing dialogue between policymakers a…

The first bored pile wall used to seal an earth dam in Finland is being constructed at the Melo hydropower plant. The dam, located on the Kokemäenjoki river in Nokia, will be repaired using nearly 200 bored piles. The project invol…

This summer, Finland’s first downstream migration route with catching equipment for migratory salmon has been introduced at Haapakoski rapids on the Iijoki river. The downstream migration route was implemented as part of the exten…

The stator of the Raasakka hydroelectric power plant’s second generating unit will be replaced in 2023. The investment is part of PVO-Vesivoima’s long-term modernisation programme and will strengthen the Raasakka power plant’s…

Rauman Biovoima’s ageing stack will be replaced by the end of August. The boilers’ annual overhauls will begin at the biofuel power plant in September to ensure smooth heat and power production during the winter. In addition, va…

Porin Prosessivoima Oy and Nordic Ren-Gas Oy have signed a cooperation agreement on a feasibility study concerning a Power-to-Gas plant that would produce renewable methane and green hydrogen. The electrolysis efficiency of the Powe…