Finland has 1,300 megawatts of reserve power for use in the event of a disruption in electricity generation. Fingrid is responsible for ensuring the operational reliability of reserve power at all ten of its own plants and at seven leased plants. Reserve power is constantly on standby, although there are only a handful of disruptions each year, and the full power output is very rarely needed.
Fingrid’s newsletter has been revamped. We’ve combined newsletters from different services into a single publication.
Fingrid and Svenska kraftnät’s joint project to build a third cross-border electricity connection has received a grant of EUR 4.3 million for the technical evaluation phase.
The new four-year surveillance period to govern electricity grid operations will begin next year.
The University of Tampere has awarded Fingrid’s HVDC Unit Manager Tuomas Rauhala the title of docent in the field of decentralised resources in the electrical power system.
The new Radiation Act that took effect in December specifies limit values for electromagnetic fields
For the power system, summer doesn’t just mean warm and gentle breezes. We asked Operational Development Manager Jonne Jäppinen to tell us about the challenges that summer presents in terms of the electricity grid and electricity production.
The electricity transmission main grid got its start in 1929, and this year it will celebrate an impressive 90 years of operation. We’re celebrating this anniversary in a working way; grid development continues because the need to transmit electricity will grow in the future as well.
The renewal work related to Fingrid’s digital services is progressing.
Timo Kiiveri, M.Sc. (Eng.), MBA, has been appointed to Fingrid’s executive management group as Senior Vice President responsible for asset management. He will join the company on 1 July 2019.
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Fingrid is Finland’s transmission system operator. We secure reliable electricity cost effectively for our customers and society, and shape the clean, market-oriented power system of the future.
