The Aurora Line, due for completion at the end of next year, will increase the electricity transmission capacity between Finland and Sweden by nearly 1,000 MW. It will significantly reinforce Finland’s power system and stabilise the electricity price.
The Aurora Line – a new AC connection between Finland and Sweden – will be completed in 2025. At the same time, Fingrid is strengthening Finland’s internal electricity grid by building a line from north to south.
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.
Fingrid and Svenska Kraftnät are working together to design a new electricity transmission link from Messaure in Northern Sweden to Pyhänselkä to the southeast of Oulu in Finland.
The Aurora Line is an electricity transmission link from Messaure in Swedish
Lapland to Muhos in North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It will increase north-south electricity transmission and improve security of supply. The Aurora Line will also
support Europe’s climate objectives by enabling the production of more renewable electricity and boosting the efficiency of the European electricity market.
Since 2010, Finland’s main grid has expanded more than ever before. The pace will accelerate further in the coming years. The Aurora Line transmission link is this decade’s most significant investment in the main grid.
On an Aurora Line worksite nearly 50 kilometres long, the conditions can change daily. Therefore, even if the work phase feels familiar, safety must be assured every time the team starts work. Adherence to the safety plan and ongoing risk assessment are part of the everyday work on this demanding site.
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.
The average time required to obtain an expropriation permit is currently between one-and-a-half and two years, when it used to be only six months.
When transmission lines are made from aluminium produced with renewable energy, their carbon dioxide emissions decrease substantially. Fingrid has encouraged conductor suppliers to produce green aluminium and is pioneering the use of such conductors.
