District heating business

Loiste Lämpö Oy, part of the Loiste companies, is responsible for the heating business. Our district heating business also includes Otanmäen Lämpö Oy, which operates as a producer and distributor of district heating in the centres of Otanmäki and Vuolijoki.

Our company produces district heat in the Kajaani city area. Most of the district heat is produced in the Kainuun Voima (KAVO) cogeneration plant, which uses domestic fuel.

District heating is the most common and popular form of heating in our region. We enable access to carbon-neutral district heating and continuously invest in renewable energy sources.

Facts

Around 70% of people in Kajaani live in district-heated houses.

We have a total of 1,790 customer premises in the Loiste Lämpö and Otanmäki Lämpö networks.

A total of 132 km of district heating network

Total heat production is 314 GWh

District heating supports sustainable development and is suitable for heating properties of all types and ages.

District heat production produces fewer emissions than building-specific heat production.