In early June, Fingrid provided its customers with a new extranet service for quality information, thus giving the company’s customers an even more detailed and descriptive picture of electricity quality at their connection points. This makes it easier to monitor the state of the electricity grid and further improve the security of electricity supply.
The Metsä Group bioproduct mill scheduled for completion next year in Äänekoski will produce more than twice the electricity it needs. In order to guarantee system security and adequate transmission capacity, Fingrid is expanding the Koivisto substation located near the mill area and building a new transmission line from Koivisto to the Vihtavuori substation in Laukaa. Metsä Group is also commissioning another transmission line from Äänekoski to the Koivisto station.
The System Operation Guideline was approved by the EU member states in a vote on May 2016, and most of the joint requirements will take effect in 2017.
The EIA procedure of a transmission line project investigates the project’s impact on people and nature in the area. Residents are asked to provide feedback on transmission line routes, and the terrain is inspected from several points of view.
“We genuinely want to take people and the environment into account and to do things well and in a cooperative spirit. We are constantly improving the flexibility of our EIA process,” says Fingrid’s Land Use Manager, Ilkka Alm.
