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Sweden starts to promote offshore wind power

According to a decision published by the Swedish government, the Swedish grid company will promote the import of the grid at sea. According to the Finnish Wind Power Association, the Swedish government’s promotion measures would mean significant support for Swedish offshore wind projects. In Finland, how to set offshore wind projects in Finnish territorial waters […]

11.11.2021

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Finnish Wind Power Association is a member of the national hydrogen cluster

Hydrogen and wind power fit extremely well together. Wind power is the cheapest and fastest way to increase renewable electricity and electricity production that meets the criteria for green hydrogen in Finland. A completely emission-free way to produce hydrogen is the electrolysis of water, in which water molecules are broken down into hydrogen and oxygen […]

9.11.2021

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Government study: No health effects observed with infrasound from wind turbines

The Government-funded project investigated the health effects of infrasound from wind turbines in Finland. According to the research results, the infrasound of wind turbines does not explain the symptoms associated with wind turbines. The effect of infrasound was extensively investigated in the study with long-term sound measurements, surveys in wind power areas and lab tests. The […]

30.4.2020

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Finland’s most productive wind farms produced with an efficiency of almost 50%

The efficiency of wind turbines built in Finland has been growing in recent years, according to statistics collected by the Technology Research Center VTT. Last year, the average efficiency of Finnish wind farms was 33 percent. However, the best wind farm generated electricity at almost 50 percent efficiency. According to VTT’s statistics, the efficiency of […]

28.4.2020

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Finnish wind power project portfolio updated: A record amount of wind power is planned in Finland

According to FWPAs’ wind power project list a record number of new wind power projects are planned in Finland. The planned 18,000 MW (3,400 wind turbines) in production would cover more than 71 percent of current electricity consumption. Wind power can thus respond well to the increase in electricity consumption due to the fight against climate change and the […]

19.2.2020

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Wind Power Year 2019: All new wind turbines were built without governmental subsidy

Wind power construction continued last year in Finland and will continue to be active in the coming years. All 56 wind turbines completed in Finland in 2019 were built on without governmental subsidy. Most of the wind turbines produced in Finland are Finnish-owned. In 2019, 56 new wind turbines with a total capacity of 243 megawatts were completed […]

31.1.2020

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