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The Haapajärvi and Teuva regions are gearing up for wind power
New wind turbines and a pumped storage facility are planned in the municipality of Haapajärvi and its surrounding areas.
16.10.2020
New wind turbines and a pumped storage facility are planned in the municipality of Haapajärvi and its surrounding areas.
The growth in Finnish wind power has been rapid, and it now accounts for about ten per cent of Finland’s electricity generation. Almost 1,000 megawatts of new wind power is being built
in Finland every year.
Wpd Finland is building its operations on long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs). It follows the same long-term policy in the technical and financial services agreements for wind farms – agreements that cover the entire service lifetimes of the farms.
Ilmatar Windpower Plc, which has been building wind farms for almost ten years, is taking the wind power sector into a whole new size category with its Pyhäntä and Kajaani wind farms, which are currently under construction. The wind farm comprising 41 turbines breaks all current records, both in terms of the number of turbines and its output.
Wind turbines are stopped during severe storms when the wind speed exceeds 25–30 metres per second for a sustained period.
Such storms are rare in Finland.
Fingrid’s grid design and future investments include contingencies for a major transformation of the energy market. The growth in wind power poses the greatest challenge.
Onshore and offshore wind farms are being connected to the Finnish electricity system in increasing numbers. Wind power is quick to build, and it generates energy without any fuel. Fingrid works with customers to ensure a trouble-free connection to the transmission network.
This autumn, the Nordic region’s largest grid energy storage facility will be constructed in connection with the Viinamäki wind farm in Ii.
The increase in renewable energy and the connection of wind and solar power to the grid have raised discussion about the concept of inertia. Fingrid’s Senior Expert Minna Laasonen explains what’s going on.
Finland is also beginning to notice the benefit of electric transport.
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