The key personnel in charge of contingency planning in Finland and Sweden attended a course Hanaholmen to consider and practise effective ways of combatting and resolving civil crises.
The energy revolution requires the main grid and the entire energy system to be prepared for the fluctuations in generation output caused by renewable forms of energy. Batteries offer the possibility of the quick and accurate balancing of generation and consumption.
According to Fingrid’s annual customer satisfaction survey, customers continue to consider our work to be good, and, in the main, the results have remained largely the same as in the preceding year.
One of the most important substations in the electricity system of Finland – Fingrid’s Rauma substation – will be refurbished.
Fingrid is raising the fee for electricity transmission in the main grid by an average of two per cent in 2022.
Big changes are ahead for the processes and information systems in the Main Grid Control Centre, but system security must be maintained. To address this challenge, a situational awareness system was put into trial operation in the summer. The system means Fingrid’s customers will receive even better service and a faster response in the event of problems.
Google’s data centre in Hamina celebrated its 10th birthday in September. In ten years, Google has become a significant business partner and an active player that employs and trains top experts while revitalising the business structure in the Kymenlaakso region through its presence, thereby boosting the gross domestic product of Finland as a whole.
Fingrid is building a platform for the clean electricity system, which contributes to Finland’s carbon neutrality goals and creates opportunities for new consumption investments. This development is built upon Fingrid’s long-term grid planning work, which includes preparing a network vision, the main grid development programme for the next ten years, and an investment programme that results in the construction of the physical network.
Everyday life is returning to normal in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The crisis taught many companies about the importance of contingency planning and working on scenarios. The coronavirus demonstrated that Fingrid is on a strong footing with its preparedness plans.
Finland’s main grid has an excellent reliability of operation rating. There can be more than 350 disturbances per year, and faults are cleared swiftly. Mari Kiuru, Network Control Expert at Fingrid, answers our questions.
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