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Although the risk of an electricity
shortage is now much lower than in the winter, it is always sensible to use electricity moderately and in a planned way.
28.3.2023
Although the risk of an electricity
shortage is now much lower than in the winter, it is always sensible to use electricity moderately and in a planned way.
A microreactor is being planned in Lappeenranta. Juhani Hyvärinen,
Professor of Nuclear Engineering at LUT University, believes that a new type of nuclear power could work brilliantly as part of a future energy system.
Fingrid has three customer committees, which act as a link between Fingrid and the representatives of its various customer groups. Tero Karhumäki, the outgoing Chair of the Market Committee, talks about the opportunities of committee work.
The extraordinary state of the electricity market has led to higher congestion income in the Nordic countries. At the same time, the high electricity price and large transmission volumes have significantly increased costs in the main grid business.
The transition to a 15-minute market time unit and imbalance settlement period will take place in phases beginning next May. The European day-ahead market for electricity will move to 15-minute market time unit in 2025. The phased transition will provide time to prepare and collect data for forecasting.
The sand battery developed by Polar Night Energy is an efficient way of storing energy and further reducing the emissions from district heating. The first commercial-scale solution has been built as part of Vatajankoski Oy’s district heating network.
The balance service fee charged to Fingrid’s balance responsible parties
has been rising. What is the balance service fee and why is it going up?
We asked Jani Piipponen, Manager of Balance Services at Fingrid.
Finland’s first industrial-scale production plant for green hydrogen and synthetic methane is under construction in Harjavalta. It is being built by P2X Solutions.
The disturbance in the electricity grid in Continental Europe last year showed how well pan-European collaboration can work.
Due to overload, Southeast Europe had too much energy, and Northwest Europe did not have enough. The situation was brought under control within half a minute and one hour later, the system was back to normal.
Thanks to the Nordic RCC, even more electricity will be transmitted between the Nordic countries without compromising on safety.