Head of Karelia Held Talks with Management of Finnish Energy Company
OREANDA-NEWS. August 14, 2012. Continuing his three-day working visit to Finland Head of Karelia Alexander Khudilainen visited the thermal power station of Pursiala in Mikkeli owned by KuEtela-Savon Energia Oy (ESE).
The Pursiala power plant built more than 100 years ago uses wood and peat. Ese also has its share in a number of other companies that own wind, nuclear and hydro power plants. Pursiala satisfies the needs of the town of
In the beginning of the 1990s wood fuel was almost out of use at Pursiala. However, because of rigid requirements of the European Union to decrease harmful emissions in the atmosphere the company management was one of the first in
This issue was of great interest to Head of Karelia as one of the priority strategic tasks he has set for the Government of the republic is overcoming the energy deficiency which impedes effective development of industry and infrastructure. In particular, matters concerned possible cost of construction and problems in operation of small boiler-houses burning renewable energy sources that could be esential to those settlements of
Possible spheres of cooperation between ESE and
Head of Karelia has mentioned that in the North of our republic there's plenty of wood, peat reserves are explored, and there's an opportunity to deliver the fuel to
On August 14, within the scope of the working trip of Head of Karelia Alexander Khudilainen to
"We'll try to restore the investors' confidence in Karelia," – Head of the republic emphasized, having mentioned that active measures are taken in the republic to enhance its investment potential: from large-scale provision of gas supply and road construction (including, toward the state border) to new mechanisms of encouragement of investors both at the level of the region, and at the level of municipalities (including extension of the terms of preferential tax treatment, preparation of investment sites, reduction of the administrative burden).
According to the development strategy of Eastern Finland the Finnish party, besides forestry and mining, is specially interested in development of joint projects in such shares as bioenergetics, environmental conservation, information technologies, as development in these spheres is supported by the government.
In turn, Valentin Chmil, Deputy Head of the Republic of Karelia and Minister of Economic Development, mentioned that agriculture, use of bioresoirces of Lake Onego and the White Sea and food industry (e.g. processign of fish, mushrooms and berries), and construction of low-rise homes may be of special interest to investors in Karelia.
Entrepreneurs that know Alexander Khudilainen from successful investment cooperation in the Gatchina district in the Leningrad Region took part in the meeting on the part of
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