News about Westenergy and our projects.
26.5.2020
Year 2019 was eventful and successful year for Westenergy. The installation of the flue gas scrubber was successful and the projects in circular economy progressed. Furthermore, the district heat production at the plant reached a record amount.
6.5.2020
Westenergy is the sole district heat facility running at the moment at Vaasa region. We produce 100 % of the heating needed by the customers of Vaasan Sähkö.
17.3.2020
The healt and safety of our workers, partners and visitors at our plant are of fundamental importance to us, and therefore we have considered thoroughly the visit procedures at Westenergy in light of the current situation.
24.1.2020
Westenergy has launched a circular economy project in co-operation with the University of Vaasa's research platform in energy and sustainable development, VEBIC. The project aims at identifying the best applicable technology for Westenergy for capturing carbon dioxide and outlines the possibilities for storing and utilising CO2. The Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy has granted a subsidy of 100 000 euros for the first phase of the project.
19.12.2019
Occupational safety is founded on proactive and practical safety actions. The whole personal at Westenergy has been and is active on improving the work safety, for exampel with safety observations. The determined co-operation has made it possible for Westenergy to achieve the highest classification from the national Zero Accident Forum two years in a row. But the greatest result is that Westenergy has reached now 4th year without accidents.
29.11.2019
On Friday the 22nd of November, it was confirmed that Westenergy's operation area will widen in 2020 as Loimi-Hämeen Jätehuolto signed the contract on partnership.
25.10.2019
Westenergy's Waste-to-Energy plant will stop for a service stop on Sunday the 27th of October.
10.6.2019