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According to a press release published by the Finnish Wind Power Association (STY), the Swedish government published a decision this week according to which the Swedish grid company will promote the import of the grid into the sea. According to the Finnish Wind Power Association, the Swedish government's promotion measures would mean significant support for Swedish offshore wind projects. Read more about how this affects wind power investments in Finland.

Dear landowners, The Moukankankangas wind power project has now progressed to the zoning initiative phase and we invite you to Kuusenmäki Village House (Liittoperäntie 42, 86800 Pyhäsalmi) on Tuesday 12 October at 6 pm to update the project situation and planned schedule. The village house has coffee service. We bring with us the counterparts of the land lease agreements and the agreed amendments. For individuals who are unable to attend, we will deliver the materials by mail after the event. A warm welcome to everyone!

The wind power boom that has taken over Finland brings a lot of wind turbines to western Finland. The construction of wind turbines will focus on the west, as the eastern border of the power plants will interfere with the Defense Forces to explore and offshore power plants are not currently under construction. See here in an article from the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation (YLE) where wind turbines are currently being built, where projects are progressing and where there are ready-made wind farms! 

In the future, consumers will be able to get used to the ever-increasing fluctuations in the price of electricity, according to a study conducted by Sitra. Significant changes are taking place in both electricity production and consumption. The most cost-effective is to generate electricity from onshore wind farms, so the amount of wind power will increase in the future as electricity consumption is estimated to nearly double by 2050. The study was carried out by modelers and consultants from the consulting companies Compass Lexecon and Enerdata, as well as researchers…

Europe's leading onshore wind power provider, the Nordic OX2, and the Finnish wind power developer Tuulikolmio have signed a cooperation agreement for the development of new wind power projects in Finland. The agreement includes a significant number of wind power projects. The goal is to implement projects during this decade. The cooperation agreement now signed includes projects launched by Tuulikolmio in Central Finland, Lapland and Northern Ostrobothnia, among others. The permitting processes for the first projects will be launched this autumn. The wind triangle is responsible for leasing land for cooperation projects and…

A new energy center is planned for Toholammi in Central Ostrobothnia, which will combine solar power, wind power, a biogas plant and a hydrogen plant into a new unique entity. According to Lapin Voima Oy, the new production plant could be operational in a couple of years, if everything goes according to plan. The Toholammi hybrid project is said to be the future and is a good example of the system-level energy integration that is being pursued. Read more about the hybrid project in the article of the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation!

Tuulikolmio always establishes a project company locally and we primarily employ local consultants. We were the first to enforce a communal land lease agreement, in which, in addition to site-specific rent payments, we pay rent for the entire wind farm area to landowners. You can read more about the benefits of wind power for the municipality and landowners and minimizing the disadvantages of wind power construction on our own website.

The transport of parts for wind turbines has exploded, according to Yle's article. This contributes to the congestion of special transport permit applications, where there are currently 270 applications in the queue and the processing time has been extended to 10 days. However, the transportation of parts of the wind farm will not suffer from the lengthening of the permitting process. Most special transports related to wind power construction depart from the ports of Raahe and Kokkola. Read more about the wind farm permitting process here.

The increase in wind power and the shift towards renewable fuels in district heating production have contributed to the reduction of municipal climate emissions. Municipal greenhouse gas emissions decreased last year by 7.4% from the previous year. The corona pandemic and warm weather also play a role in reducing emissions, for example, emissions from road traffic decreased in almost all Finnish municipalities. Check the situation in your municipality in an article from Suomen YLE!

Have you wondered about the most common myths in the wind power industry, like building a wind power plant consumes more energy than it ever produces? Will only foreign investors benefit from wind power? The Finnish Wind Power Association (STY) is a wind power industry advocacy organization founded in 1988. The association actively shares information about the industry, its operations and development. There is a lot of factual information about wind power on the association's website, as well as the “Ride on the Myth” section, where we break…