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UPM to refurbish Voikkaa hydropower plant
Tuesday 12. April 2011 - UPM will refurbish the Voikkaa hydropower plant located on the Kymi River in south east Finland. The refurbishment work will start up late 2011, and will take about two years.
Discussing the refurbishment, Mr Pekka Pollari, Hydropower Manager for UPM said: “We will renovate one generation unit, turbine and electrical system. In addition, we will renew all the control and automation systems.”
Located next to the Voikkaa business area the renovated hydropower plant will be ready by the end of 2013. UPM will use several million euros for upgrading the plant, some of which is more than 50 years old. As a result of the refurbishment, the power plant will produce more renewable electricity from the same amount of water.
The refurbishment of Voikkaa hydropower plant is part of UPMs systematic modernisation programme of its hydropower plants in Finland.
In 2010, UPM completed refurbishment projects at Koivukoski and Ämmäkoski hydropower plants by the River Kajaani in Eastern Finland, and Keltti hydropower plant by the River Kymi in Kouvola, Finland. The total combined cost of these renovations was over 20 million euros.
“With the modernisation programme we have improved the operational efficiency and environmental safety of our hydropower plants,” Pollari says.