Hanasaari (

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: ''Hanaholmen'') is a neighbourhood in the district of Sörnäinen in Helsinki, Finland, between the neighbourhoods of Vilhonvuori, Kalasatama and

Sompasaari Sompasaari (Swedish: ''Sumparn'') is an island on the Kruunuvuorenselkä water area in the Sörnäinen district in Helsinki, Finland. On the southern side of the Nihdinkanava channel built in the middle of Sompasaari is the former island of Nihti ...

near Merihaka. The name comes from an island that was lost under reclaimed land. Hanasaari is primarily a power plant area. The first power plant was built next to Hanasaari in Suvilahti.

History

Etymology

The name of the island first appeared in a 1639 map of Helsinki as ''Haneholmen'', where the word ''hane'' meant rooster. The name came from the smaller island named ''Hönan'' ("the hen"), thus the names of the two islands formed a pair, which is typical in island names. In 1909 the Swedish and Finnish names ''Hanaholmen'' - ''Hanaholma'' were in use. The current name Hanasaari was made official in 1928, but it had already been in use since the 1880s.

Power plant

Building the A plant of the

Hanasaari Power Plant Hanasaari Power Plant (also referred as Hanasaari B power plant to distinguish from the dismantled power plant located at the same site) is a coal-fired cogeneration power plant in Sörnäinen, Helsinki, Finland. Its chimney has a height of . Hist ...

started in 1957 and it was completed in 1960. The A plant was in use until 2000 and since that as a backup plant. A decision to dismantle the A plant was made in 2006. Planning the B plant started in 1962, and it started operating in 1974. There have been plans for residential building in the area, which will require cleansing the soil, as

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was found in the soil near the red-brick B plant in 2006. Cleansing the groundwater in the area is expensive and difficult, and can take decades to fully complete.

As a residential area

The power plant is scheduled to stop operating in spring 2023. There will be a new residential area in Hanasaari in the 2030s.Näin Kalasatamaa rakennetaan
''Uutta Helsinkiä'', city of Helsinki. Accessed on 7 July 2021.

References

External links

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Hanasaari Power Plant
''Helen''. Accessed on 27 November 2020. *
Pelasta Hanasaari
'. Accessed on 20 May 2007. *
Hanasaari A: Ruma on kaunista
. '' Voima'' 8 May 2007. Accessed on 27 November 2020. {{Helsinki Sörnäinen Former islands