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Employment impact of the energy sector studied
Gaia Consulting has studied the direct and indirect employment impact of the energy sector in Finland.
1.10.2021
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.
A development project due for completion in the summer was also supported by customer feedback groups. It is already possible to send connection enquiries using the map service on Fingrid’s website.
Fingrid has developed a quick and cost-efficient solution for increasing the electricity transmission capacity between Northern and Southern Finland. The innovation, which is based on a new application of an existing technology, is a quick, cost-efficient and environmentally friendly way of adding up to 500 megawatts of additional transmission capacity to the grid.
An Arlo Go camera shows a live feed from the people on Fingrid’s worksites. The amount of work-related travel can be cut, decision-making is faster, and time is saved.
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Läkkisepäntie 21
00620 Helsinki
Tel. 030 395 5267
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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.