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. »
15.10.2021
In spring, Fingrid initiated a project aiming to improve the safety of employees working at height at substations. The objective is to find areas for improvement in structures that can be climbed for trials and identify good practices for working at height. ￫
1.10.2021
Fingrid’s occupational safety campaign for 2021 emphasises the importance of work planning and foresight. No matter how confident we are with our work, we should always check the conditions and assess the risks before we start. We collected some examples of methodical approaches to work and situations
requiring special attention on our worksites. ￫
16.9.2021
In June, the Energy Authority issued a decision requesting Fingrid to issue transmission rights for the cross-border transmission links between Finland and Estonia. When a smaller area is connected to a larger area with a more liquid hedging market, transmission rights will significantly increase the opportunities available to market parties to hedge against fluctuating electricity prices in that area. ￫
1.9.2021
It is a Monday morning, and a call comes in from the main grid control centre. Over the weekend, the Swedish transmission system operator Svenska kraftnät (Svk) began limiting the transmission of electricity from Finland to Central Sweden. I recalled a moment last summer when Svk was forced to limit the transmission of electricity from Norway, leading to confusion in the electricity markets – surely history will not repeat itself on the border between Finland and Sweden...? ￫
15.10.2021
During the coronavirus pandemic, efforts are being made to avoid contact. However, this has not prevented Fingrid from safely arranging worksite audits and safety walks. The prevailing situation has also encouraged us to experiment with virtual worksite visits. ￫
15.10.2021
Fingrid has ten reserve power plants storing large quantities of fuel oil. Contingencies must be in place in the event of an accident when hazardous chemicals are stored in large amounts. Training exercises took place at the Naantali reserve power plant in 2020 to test the functionality of the fire extinguishing systems. ￫
1.10.2021
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. ￫
