Products

Turveruukki produces milled and sod peat. Fuel peat is the company´s chief product. Alongside peat, wood fuel and reed canary grass are delivered to power plants in northern Finland for generation of heating and electricity.

Turveruukki also produces horticultural peat, most of which is exported in shiploads to Central Europe. This product is unfertilized and unpacked.   

Contact person in export of horticultural peat: Mr. Heikki Karppimaa, tel. +358 400 587 662

Experties

Turveruukki has 30 years of experience in the whole chain of peat production:

planning of new peat production areas,
environmental license procedure,
peat production and year-round transportation in Nordic conditions,
operations on subcontracting bases
build-up and surveillance of environmental protection methods and techniques (BAT)
re-use of peat production areas

Research and consultation; projects

Turveruukki maintains longstanding relationship with Finnish universities and other research institutes in form of various research projects on new technical and environmental solutions.

In form of cooperation in EU Tacis and EU NPP projects the company has experience of several years in consultation in Karelia (Russia), Ireland and Scotland.

 Tacis ERUS 9504
 Development of Local Energy Resources in Karelia (Turveruukki: peat)
 1997-1998
 Project Leader ESBI, Ireland 

 Tacis ERUS 9701
 Local Sustanable Heating Strategies for Border Communities
in the Republic of Karelia; (Turveruukki: peat and wood)   
1999-2000
Project Leader Planora Oy, Finland

Northern Periphery Programme (NPP)
 The Re-Use of Peat Production Areas (Peatlands, in short)
 2000-2001
 Project Leader Turveruukki Oy
 
EU/Life Environment
 A Cost-effective Decision Support System for Management of Boreal River Basins, RiverLife
 1998 – 2001

Euregio Karelia neighbourhood programme                                                           
Karelian Peat Harvesting and Export, 2007 - 2009