Success cases - Bioregions

New gas filling station in Joensuu will offer local biogas from North Karelian waste.

Bioregions Facility on March 8, 2022

Wega’s gas filling station for cleaner energy solutions is the first in North Karelia and will offer biogas produced from the waste of the North Karelia region by the BioKymppi Oy. The expected gas refueling station will serve both gas-powered commercial vehicles of local companies as well as private drivers.

Wega will open the gas filling station in Joensuu. in the autumn of 2022 and construction work on Wega’s first gas filling station will start on Wahlforsinkatu in Joensuu in the spring of 2022.

Photo: WEGA

Biogas for transport use in North Karelia

Bioregions Facility on March 7, 2022

BioKymppi Oy from Kitee will start processing biogas for transport use by the beginning of 2023. Pressurized biogas is sold at the Kitee and Joensuu filling stations. Construction work on the plant will begin in the spring as soon as the snow melts with earthmoving work and the installation of pipelines.

New bioindustrial plant in Joensuu, Finland – Production of torrefied biomass starts in 2023

Bioregions Facility on January 25, 2022

Taaleri’s investment site Joensuu Biocoal Oy builds a bioindustrial plant that produces torrefied biomass, in Joensuu, Finland. Torrefied biomass replaces the use of coal in the cement and steel industry, for example. The value of the investment is approximately €20 million.

Maintaining control of the whole chain – from stump to factory

Bioregions Facility on December 28, 2021

Moderno Oy, the company which produces log houses and cottages, has got off to a flying start – in traditional Tuupovaara style.

Silvadrones Oy – Lord of the Skies

Bioregions Facility on June 30, 2021

Silvadrones Oy is a Joensuu start-up company which is renewing the traditional forestry sector from up upon high. The company uses spraying drones to spread boron fertiliser over forests. What’s more, we are not talking about some little model gliders here, but rather a flying robot unparalleled anywhere else in Finland.