25.1.2022 News Power plant news Hydropower plants on Iijoki controlled by Finland’s most advanced and extensive automation solution for river regulation PVO-Vesivoima has implemented new process control and optimisation software to control all the company’s hydropower plants along the Iijoki river. The system was supplied by Honeywell. The river regulation software is the most adv…
13.12.2021 News Power plant news New turbine regulator saves computing power and protects machinery An improved turbine regulator has been commissioned at the Melo hydropower plant on the Kokemäenjoki river. It enables more precise control of electricity production, as well as protects the equipment. The improved regulator is a c…
9.12.2021 News Press releases Hydropower plants on Iijoki implement Finland’s most advanced and extensive automation solution for river regulation Balancing power is vital to the balance of the electrical power system, and PVO-Vesivoima has implemented new process control and optimisation software to enhance its generation along the Iijoki river. The system was supplied by Hon…
6.9.2021 News Power plant news Press releases Overhaul of Jumisko hydropower plant completed The Jumisko hydropower plant in Kemijärvi has been restarted after its overhaul. The control options and energy efficiency of the power plant will improve as a result of the overhaul.
23.3.2021 News Power plant news Overhaul of the Jumisko hydropower plant has begun The overhaul of PVO-Vesivoima’s Jumisko hydropower plant in Kemijärvi has begun. The overhaul will improve the power plant’s capacity to produce regulating energy that will provide an important balance to the national power sup…
23.2.2021 News Power plant news PVO-Vesivoima’s new central control system enhances the operation of hydropower plants 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…
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…
