Connecting renewable forms of energy to the grid involves challenges that Fingrid tackles with R&D projects. New solutions are used to ensure the security of the energy supply and cost-effectiveness during the global energy revolution.
Project Manager Jarmo Henttinen has taken charge of the repair work at several substations that Fingrid has overhauled in recent years, as well as the construction of new substations. The overhauls of the Imatra and Länsisalmi substations, among others, have had a substantial visible impact on nationally significant landscapes.
Fingrid takes care of building and dismantling parts of the main grid. It is important to maximise the proportion of materials that are put to new uses.
Gaia Consulting has studied the direct and indirect employment impact of the energy sector in Finland.
Fingrid’s innovation work has resulted in a significant increase in the north-to-south electricity transmission capacity. The technology is known as shunt compensation.
Fingrid has begun studying the impacts of the hydrogen economy together with Gasgrid Finland.
The price of electricity transmission on Finland’s main grid is the second-lowest in Europe.
The design of Fingrid’s landscaped towers meets demanding steel structures. The latest impressive landmark, Viäntö, is at structural design stage in Savilahti, Kuopio.
Fingrid’s Main Grid Control Centre in Helsinki works all hours of the day to ensure that every village, town and city in Finland has enough electricity. The control centre handles routine tasks, as well as unplanned tasks when a swift reaction is needed to prevent disturbances in the availability of electricity. Some disturbances also affect the intra-day electricity price.
The need for reserves to ensure the continuous power balance of the electricity system will increase considerably in the coming years with the reform of the electricity system. At the same time, the costs of procuring reserves will increase at Fingrid. Fingrid procures reserves in as market-based a way as possible from several different sources in Finland and its adjacent neighbours, which contributes to ensuring the adequacy and cost level of reserves.
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Fingrid is Finland’s transmission system operator. We secure reliable electricity cost effectively for our customers and society, and shape the clean, market-oriented power system of the future.
