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We are pioneers in bioenergy

We are innovators and pioneers in the development of wood gasification technology.

VolterOur Story

Adopting new renewable energy sources is one of the most significant future opportunities of our planet. Biomasses are a real alternative to fossil fuels. We are innovators and pioneers in the development of wood gasification technology. Our technology replaces one litre of oil with approximately two kilograms of dry wood. Clean energy is also one of the fastest growing businesses today.

100+ Plants delivered

20 Employees

12 Countries with Distributor

Power from Wood

Story of Volter.

Team Volter

We have put together our team from motivated professionals who are fully committed to achieving our mutual goal. Our team has a passion and insight to put ideas into practice.

We are not trying to do everything ourselves. Seamless cooperation with our subcontractors who know what we need allows us to concentrate on the areas we know best. Our personnel and subcontractors have gained invaluable know-how by solving practical problems.

Volter team in more detail

Story of Volter

1998

The idea: Self-sufficient cottage

In 1998, Juha Sipilä, the prime minister of Finland and the founder of Volter Ltd, was looking for an electricity supplier for his cottage in Northern Finland. The offer was more than the cost of the cottage, which made him consider his own electricity production. The project turned into a self-sufficient island, where windmill and diesel aggregate were producing the needed electricity. An idea of replacing diesel with wood chips was born soon.

2006

Product development: El Camino

The first device where Juha Sipilä tested the wood gasification technology was an El Camino car. He built the gasifier on the back of the pickup truck to prove that the technology works.

Volter El Camino

2010

Wider use: Kempele Ecovillage

We turned the idea tested in the cottage and the El Camino into broader use and built the first Volter CHP into Kempele Ecovillage. The Ecovillage became the first energy self-sufficient residential area in Finland; all the needed energy was produced independently and with nearly zero emissions with wood chips and wind power.

Juha Sipilä stepped down from Volter’s ownership and moved to politics.

2011

First sale

We manufactured our first commercial Volter CHP.

2012

Volter 40 CHP

We developed and manufactured the very first Volter 40 CHP, which was an outdoor container model.

2014

Redesign

The container version of the Volter 40 CHP was redesigned, and the indoor model was launched. The CHP got an entirely new, compact and modern look. The modularly scalable model was only 4,8 m long, 1,2 m wide and 2,5 m high. The heat and electricity output remained the same.

2016

Growing

Years of persistent work of our pioneers was rewarded with a great growth of our company. Our CHP became more and more known amongst independent energy producers around Europe and Japan and our turnover grew 200 %.

The Technology Industries of Finland awarded the Volter 40 CHP as a Sheet Metal Product of the year and the Industrial Series winner.

2017

100 powerplants

We manufactured our 100th Volter CHP in September. By that milestone, our power plants provided heat and power for our customers in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Canada and the UK.

Volter was awarded as the winner of Kasvu Open, which is a national competition for growth companies in Finland.