Ilmatar Windpower Plc, which has been building wind farms for almost ten years, is taking the wind power sector into a whole new size category with its Pyhäntä and Kajaani wind farms, which are currently under construction. The wind farm comprising 41 turbines breaks all current records, both in terms of the number of turbines and its output.
An industrial-scale production plant planned in Lappeenranta aims to produce 27,000 tonnes of synthetic methanol annually. The carbon and hydrogen required to synthesise methanol are the by-products of the chemical and cement industries.
Energy companies have taken a serious approach to preparations for a carbon-neutral future. Vantaa Energy is seeking to stop using coal by autumn 2022, when the extension to its waste-to-energy plant is commissioned. This action is approximately seven years ahead of its time, as a Government decision calls for the prevention of coal as a fuel for electricity and heating in May 2029.
Tourism company Hullu Poro is introducing a virtual power plant service in Kittilä to enable connections to reserve markets, which balance out electricity generation and consumption. The Aurora Pyramids suites have recently been connected to the service. The solution helps support sustainable development, but the company also benefits financially.
Competition for customers and improvements to profitability are driving electricity companies to work together. Several new national operators have entered the electricity retail market via corporate acquisitions as local electricity companies have consolidated their sales operations. Further consolidation is to be expected in the electricity industry.
Fossil fuels are being replaced by biomass and waste heat. Business Development Manager Pirjo Jantunen tells about solutions for the future.
The Fast Frequency Reserve (FFR) is a Nordic reserve product that will be rolled out in spring 2020.
Oksasen Puutarha specialises in cultivating lettuces. The company, which is based in the north of Turku, has been providing the frequency containment reserve for disturbances (FCR-D) and demand response for two years now. The provision of FCR-D causes the lights to go out in the greenhouse a few times a month, as agreed, in return for payments to Oksasen Puutarha.
A renewed system to measure power quality and new travelling wave fault location will improve power quality monitoring and disturbance clearing in Fingrid’s main grid. The investments in new measurement equipment allow more effective anticipation, location and investigation of faults that pose a threat to the main grid. This will also enhance electrical safety in the main grid.
The cloud-based OptiWatti is a smart management system for electric heating. Controlled energy use decreases the environmental burden and also saves money.
