Finland’s largest electric boiler and thermal energy storage combination launched in Vaasa
New electric boilers with a capacity of 120 megawatts and an extended thermal energy storage (TES) facility have just been put into operation in Vaskiluoto,…
Heat and electricity for homes and companies
Vaasan Voima produces electricity and district heating in Vaskiluoto, Vaasa. The district heating covers more than 60% of the demand in Vaasa.
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Energy with high efficiency
The Vaskiluoto power plant produces electricity and district heating through cogeneration, resulting in high efficiency.
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Vaskiluodon Voima is now Vaasan Voima
In accordance with the asset acquisition signed in 2019, Vaskiluodon Voima’s operations were transferred to Vaasan Voima as of 1 January 2023. At the same…
New electric boilers and a thermal energy storage
Flexible energy generation
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.
In 2020, a large thermal energy storage (TES) facility with 100 MW of charge and discharge capacity was put into operation in Vaskiluoto, Vaasa. It will diversify the region’s thermal energy generation both now and in the future.
In the fall of 2023, the expansion of the thermal energy storage was taken into use.
900–1,700 GWh of electricity annually
A forerunner in biomass utilisation
The power plant has a progressive biomass gasification plant built next to it. It gives the plant the ability to replace about a third of the coal used with domestic biomass, reducing its carbon dioxide emissions by the amount discharged by approximately 70,000 cars.
Almost 100% of our by-products are utilised
Significant environmental investments
For a long time, we have been investing in modern and emission-reducing technology. In addition, domestic biofuels are procured from nearby areas to shorten transport distances.
