The story of the Nordic Balancing Model management project run jointly by the Nordic transmission system operators does not begin with Danish hygge or Swedish café culture, writes Maria Joki-Pesola, Program Lead of the Nordic Balancing Model program.
In the electricity market, 2020 has been a historically unique year. In this column, three specialists from Power-Deriva – Mika Laakkonen, Ville Venäläinen and Antti Martikainen – describe how 2020 has been a unique year for the electricity market from their perspectives.
The safety year of 2020 has truly been a year of change and exceptional times. At the latest, the abnormity of this year has shown that the knowledge of safety needs to be shared as efficiently as possible, beyond the organizational boundaries, writes Fingrid’s Head of Grid Management Unit Janne Eskelinen.
Fingrid is a transmission system operator with a monopoly and a proven brand. But why does a monopoly need a brand, asks Fingrid’s President & CEO Jukka Ruusunen,
Finland has set itself a truly ambitious climate target: Finland will be climate neutral in 2035, and carbon-negative soon after! A key means of reducing emissions is to eliminate the emissions of industry, heating and transport by electrifying them, writes Jukka Ruusunen, Fingrid’s President & CEO.
The ongoing pandemic has caused an unprecedented shock to the continuity of many everyday functions that were previously taken for granted. The pandemic and the consequent state of emergency have put Finland’s overall security to the test, writes Jukka Ruusunen, Fingrid’s President & CEO, who also chairs the Council for Security of Supply and Infrastructure.
As Finland’s largest youth association, the Scouts are taking responsibility for fostering the relationship of young people with nature, writes Kaisa Leikola, Chief Executive of the Guides and Scouts of Finland.
What will you do to improve occupational safety in the new decade, asks Timo Kiiveri, Senior Vice President of Asset Management from Fingrid, in his blog.
In my opinion, Fingrid’s biggest corporate responsibility pledge for this decade is crystallised in our basic mission: Fingrid is tasked with ensuring that our society has reliable electricity under all circumstances and promoting a power system based on electricity generated without emitting carbon dioxide, says Marina Louhija, Fingrid’s General Counsel.
Fingrid constantly strives to reduce the risk of large-scale power cuts and improve its ability to restore power as quickly as possible, writes Senior Vice President Reima Päivinen.
