Enersense continues as Helen’s district heating operations and maintenance partner
Enersense International Plc | Press Release | February 10, 2026 at 08:30:00 EET
Enersense and energy company Helen have agreed to extend their operations and maintenance contract for the years 2027–2028. Enersense has been operating and maintaining Helen’s power plants and district heating and cooling network since 2022. Under the contract, the company will continue to support Helen in its clean energy transition. The newly signed two-year agreement continues this cooperation and was included as an option in the original contract.
“We thank Helen for their trust and for the opportunity to continue our cooperation. Helen is delivering Finland’s most impactful energy transition, and we are committed to continuously improving our work to advance it,” says Mikael Vainionpää, Enersense’s EVP, Energy Transition Business Unit.
In accordance with the cooperation agreement, Enersense will continue to develop its operation and maintenance services as well as personnel, as new forms of energy production require new expertise. Approximately 150 Enersense employees work on the Helen account. In line with its strategy, Enersense acts as Helen’s partner across the entire energy production lifecycle.
“Over the past few years, we have reduced our emissions at a very rapid pace, with emissions already more than 80 per cent lower than in 1990. As the most significant demonstration of our transformation, we closed our last coal-fired power plant in Salmisaari last spring, bringing the use of coal in our energy production to an end. High-quality operation and maintenance services are a prerequisite for delivering an energy transition of this scale and speed,” says Timo Aaltonen, SVP, Heating and cooling at Helen.
“A sustainable society of the future runs on clean energy. We have supported Helen in transitioning away from coal, improved cost efficiency and increased the use of digitalisation and artificial intelligence in operation and maintenance. We will apply these lessons and continue to develop the society of the future in our capital city,” Vainionpää says.
The value of the agreement is over EUR 30 million, and it will be recorded in the Energy Transition Business Unit’s order book for the first quarter of 2026.
More information:
Mikael Vainionpää, EVP, Energy Transition Business Unit
Tel. +358 50 570 7867
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Liisi Tamminen, Head of Communications and Sustainability
Tel. +358 44 222 5552
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