Power plant · South Karelia, Finland
Tainionkoski Power Station
Tainionkoski Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant in South Karelia, Finland, with 62 MW of capacity, owned by Fortum.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | South Karelia | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1948 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Fortum | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Fortum | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 62 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 61.2106, 28.7853 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares
Tainionkoski Power Station is the 2nd-largest of 2 power plants in South Karelia and the 58th-largest of 84 in Finland by capacity; its 62 MW is 0.38% of the 16,124 MW we hold for Finland. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Karelia | 2nd of 2 | 254 MW | 24% |
| Finland | 58th of 84 | 16,124 MW | 0.38% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,224th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 1 CO2 emitter (278,269 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lappeenrannan sementtitehdas | CO2 emitter | 278,269 tCO2e | — | 38 km |
Owner, operator and place
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Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.