Electricity production in Finland

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Question

How is electricity produced in Finland currently and in the future? More specifically:

• What is the share of different production modes and importation?
• What fuels are used in CHP and separate production of electricity?
• What is the capacity range of CHP and separate electricity production?

Rationale

Statistics Finland:

• Electricity supply and production statistics for Finland from 1960 onwards.
• Statistics for 2005-2010:

	2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010
Production mode	TWh	Share	TWh	Share	TWh	Share	TWh	Share	TWh	Share	TWh	Share
Hydro power	13.4	15.9 %	11.3	12.6 %	14.0	15.5 %	16.9	19.4 %	12.6	15.5 %	12.7	14.5 %
Wind power	0.2	0.2 %	0.2	0.2 %	0.2	0.2 %	0.3	0.3 %	0.3	0.3 %	0.3	0.3 %
Nuclear power	22.4	26.4 %	22.0	24.4 %	22.5	24.9 %	22.1	25.3 %	22.6	27.8 %	21.9	25.0 %
Conventional condensing power	5.3	6.3 %	17.6	19.5 %	14.4	15.9 %	8.8	10.1 %	9.0	11.0 %	14.2	16.2 %
CHP, industry	10.6	12.5 %	11.9	13.2 %	11.5	12.7 %	11.1	12.7 %	8.9	10.9 %	10.3	11.7 %
CHP, district	15.8	18.6 %	15.7	17.4 %	15.3	16.9 %	15.4	17.7 %	15.9	19.6 %	17.8	20.4 %
Importation	17.0	20.1 %	11.4	12.7 %	12.6	13.9 %	12.7	14.6 %	12.1	14.9 %	10.5	12.0 %
Total	84.7	100 %	90.1	100 %	90.4	100 %	87.2	100 %	81.3	100 %	87.7	100 %

Notes

• Conventional condensing power: electric energy produced by cooling down steam with water without using the heat energy of the steam.
• CHP: Combined heat and power production

• Fuels used in in electricity production in 2010:

Production mode:	Conventional condensing power		Combined heat and power
	GWh	Share	GWh	Share
Oil	108	1 %	338	1 %
Coal	9760	69 %	4288	15 %
Natural gas	191	1 %	10786	38 %
Other fossil fuels	61	0 %	129	0 %
Peat	2392	17 %	3460	12 %
Black liquor and other concentrated liquors	319	2 %	5012	18 %
Other wood fuels	1081	8 %	3547	13 %
Other renewables	146	1 %	271	1 %
Other	120	1 %	267	1 %
Total	14178	100 %	28098	100 %

Notes

• Condensate parts produced in connection with combined heat and power production were calculated with condensing power.
• In addition to hard coal, coal includes blast furnace gas and coke oven gas and coke.
• Mixed fuels (such as recycled fuel) are divided into renewable and fossil fuels in ratio to the fossil and biodegradable coal contained in them.
• Other fossil fuels include plastics fuels and other waste fuels and the fossil part of mixed fuels.
• Other renewable fuels comprise the bio part of mixed fuels and biogas.
• Other energy sources include hydrogen, electricity, and reaction and secondary heat of industry.
• Combined heat and power production includes pure combined production.
• Reduction heat produced in connection with condensate production and combined heat and power production were calculated in separate production of heat.

Finnish government: Long-term Climate and Energy Strategy 2008:

• Development of electricity production in Finland:
  • Baseline scenario: compliance with measures and development in place before the 2008 government climate and energy strategy.
  • Target scenario: measure outlined in the 2008 climate and energy strategy are in place.

	2005		2006		2020 Baseline scenario		2020 Target scenario
Production mode	TWh	Share	TWh	Share	TWh	Share	TWh	Share
Hydro power	13.4	16 %	14	16 %	14	14 %	14	14 %
Wind power	0.2	0 %	0.2	0 %	1	1 %	6	6 %
CHP, industry, fossil fuels	2.9	3 %	2.3	3 %	5	5 %	4.1	4 %
CHP, industry, renewables	7.7	9 %	8.7	10 %	9.2	9 %	8.4	9 %
CHP, district, fossil fuels	14.3	17 %	13.9	16 %	16.3	16 %	14	14 %
CHP, district, renewables	1.5	2 %	1.7	2 %	2	2 %	3.5	4 %
Nuclear	22.4	26 %	22.5	26 %	34.9	34 %	34.9	36 %
Conventional condensing power	5.3	6 %	11	13 %	21.3	21 %	13.7	14 %
Importation	17	20 %	12.6	14 %	-1	-1 %	-1	-1 %
Total	84.7	100 %	86.9	100 %	102.7	100 %	97.6	100 %

Finnish Ministry of Employment and Economy 2009:

• Update to numbers presented the 2008 climate and energy strategy
• Likely development of electricity production in Finland resulting from the measures outlined in the climate and energy strategy as well as the overall economic and industrial development:

	2007		2008		2020		2030
Production mode	TWh	Share	TWh	Share	TWh	Share	TWh	Share
Hydro power	14	15 %	16.9	19 %	14	15 %	15	15 %
Wind power	0.19	0 %	0.26	0 %	6	7 %	9	9 %
CHP district	15.3	17 %	15.5	18 %	15	16 %	14	14 %
CHP industry	11.4	13 %	11.9	14 %	9	10 %	9	9 %
Nuclear power	22.5	25 %	22.1	25 %	36	40 %	36	36 %
Conventional condensing power	14.3	16 %	8.2	9 %	*		*
Importation	12.6	14 %	12.8	15 %	*		*
Other	-		-		12	13 %	17	17 %
Total	90.4	100 %	87	101 %	91	101 %	100	100 %

Notes

• Other: possible new nuclear power, new and existing condensing power and possible importation of electricity in 2020 and 2030.

Keywords

energy production, electricity, Finland

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