Vaasan Voima produces electricity and district heating in Vaskiluoto, Vaasa. The district heating covers more than 60% of the demand in Vaasa.
The Vaskiluoto power plant produces electricity and district heating through cogeneration, resulting in high efficiency.
The expanded thermal energy storage will enable the storage and delivery of non-combustion-based energy even during the coldest winter months. Commercial production of the thermal storage will begin in early 2026.
A serious accident occurred last Thursday, July 17, at Vaasan Voima’s power plant in Vaasa, resulting in the death of a worker representing Vaasan Voima’s…
Vaasan Voima’s goal is to use new sources of electricity production to connect the energy needs of different industries and it will do this by developing solutions based on new electricity, for example, in heat generation. Electric boilers are one important component of the clean heat production system of the future.
Currently, Vaasan Voima has three electric boilers with a combined capacity of 160 MW.
In 2020, a large thermal energy storage (TES) facility was put into operation in Vaskiluoto, Vaasa. It diversifies the region’s thermal energy generation both now and in the future. The facility was expanded through investments made in 2021 and 2023.
Vaasan Voima launched the latest expansion project in the autumn of 2024. The newly expanded thermal energy storage facility will begin operations in early 2026.
