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Worksite safety culture is created together
Commitment to occupational safety at substation maintenance sites requires constant safety dialogue, clear instructions and close cooperation between the transmission system operator and service providers.
Moving forward together
Fingrid likes to take a customer-oriented approach, but what does this really mean?
A steady course with enough momentum for investment
Per Eckemark, Director General and CEO of Svenska kraftnät, wants to speed up the development of the electricity network.
Congestion management
Program Manager Antti Raininko tackles the key challenges of the energy transition.
Does EU’s trans-European networks policy need a rehaul?
Regional cooperation should be put in the centre, as a stepping stone for a European approach, to build common understanding of bottlenecks and to agree on prioritisation of projects and solutions, as well as to ensure effective follow-up of project implementation.
Towards local electricity production
Together with other Baltic States, Lithuania joined the Continental-European synchronous area in February. This change is part of Lithuania’s energy independence strategy. However, grid connections with Poland, Latvia and Sweden will also remain important in the future.
Should we be concerned about the health impacts of transmission lines?
As electricity use increases, so do the number of transmission lines. Maria Arola, Specialist from Fingrid, says that it’s safe to live near transmission lines.
Landowners to receive higher compensation for expropriation
Finland’s Act on the Redemption of Immoveable Property and Special Rights was amended at the beginning of August. Fingrid will now pay an additional 25 per cent for expropriation on top of the full compensation based on market value.
Open data promotes an effective electricity market
A fair and effective electricity market is in everyone’s best interests, and up-to-date information is required to ensure this. Data from a variety of sources plays a key role in optimising electricity production, consumption and transmission.
Low-carbon concrete cuts emissions
CO2-emissions from the production of aluminium for transmission line conductors have been considerably reduced, and Fingrid is now turning its attention to reducing emissions from concrete. The Herva–Nuojuankangas transmission line is a pilot project in which some foundation elements are being made from low-carbon concrete.