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.
The third transmission line between Finland and Sweden, running from Pyhänselkä in Muhos, Finland, to Messaure in Northern Sweden, is proceeding as planned. Fingrid and Svenska kraftnät are jointly responsible for the project. The connection will reduce the price of electricity in Finland.
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.
