Archive
Strange situation? Report it!
A drone sighting, a suspicious car, an unlocked door – at worksites, security observations should be made on anything that cause the slightest concern. Every observation improves the security culture.
Towards a strong occupational safety culture
When occupational safety is integrated into all of the organisation’s functions, results start to show.
Safe working attitude
Electrical work safety is based on law, standards and guidelines. These do not, however, guarantee safe everyday operation unless everyone has the right mindset towards their own and their colleagues’ work. It’s a matter of attitude.
Proactive safety
Everyone should keep safe practices top of mind.
Worksite safety culture is created together
Commitment to occupational safety at substation maintenance sites requires constant safety dialogue, clear instructions and close cooperation between the transmission system operator and service providers.
Moving forward together
Fingrid likes to take a customer-oriented approach, but what does this really mean?
Congestion management
Program Manager Antti Raininko tackles the key challenges of the energy transition.
Does EU’s trans-European networks policy need a rehaul?
Regional cooperation should be put in the centre, as a stepping stone for a European approach, to build common understanding of bottlenecks and to agree on prioritisation of projects and solutions, as well as to ensure effective follow-up of project implementation.
Towards local electricity production
Together with other Baltic States, Lithuania joined the Continental-European synchronous area in February. This change is part of Lithuania’s energy independence strategy. However, grid connections with Poland, Latvia and Sweden will also remain important in the future.
Should we be concerned about the health impacts of transmission lines?
As electricity use increases, so do the number of transmission lines. Maria Arola, Specialist from Fingrid, says that it’s safe to live near transmission lines.