Electricity system vision 2025
In the vision, we examine Finland''s alternative development paths towards a clean energy system and create a vision of the development needs of the grid in the long term.
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Electricity distribution is a regulated business and in Finland the Finnish Energy Authority (FEA) acts as the regulator. From an economic point of view, regulation is in place to ensure that the monopolist does not misuse market power to extract extraordinary profits from the customers.
However, the energy system is still producing electricity to the national grid and DH to the Lempäälä area, while the BESSs participate in Fingrid's market for balancing the grid . Like the energy storage market, legislation related to energy storage is still developing in Finland.
Wind power generation is estimated to grow substantially in the future in Finland. Energy storage may provide the flexibility needed in the energy transition. Reserve markets are currently driving the demand for energy storage systems. Legislative changes have improved prospects for some energy storages.
The electricity supply in Finland is quite diverse. As presented in Fig. 1, the Finnish electricity supply in 2022 consisted of nuclear power (29.7 %, 24.2 TWh), different types of thermal power plants (24 %, 19.6 TWh), imports (15.3 %, 12.5 TWh), hydropower (16.3 %, 13.3 TWh), wind power (14.2 %, 11.6 TWh), and solar power (0.5 %, 0.4 TWh).
In the vision, we examine Finland''s alternative development paths towards a clean energy system and create a vision of the development needs of the grid in the long term.
Telecoms firm Elisa Corporation has signed a contract to bring its distributed energy storage (DES) solution to Finnish mobile networks.
The program has set a big goal to position Finland''s flexible energy solutions on the world stage as playing a key role in driving systemic change within the energy sector.
In Finland there are >70 companies that act as (low and medium voltage) distribution system operators (DSOs). Electricity distribution is a regulated business and in Finland the Finnish
“The effective operation of highly distributed VPP solutions requires competencies in mathematical optimization, control systems and communication systems.
Finland''s energy landscape is evolving steadily, with a significant increase in distributed energy resources. This growth demands greater transparency in the medium voltage (MV) and low
DNA Tower Finland, a Telenor Towers company, has effectively used Elisa Industriq''s AI-based Distributed Energy Storage (DES) technology to link base station batteries to the Finnish
ce on centralized power sources. For sustainability, while Finland leads in renewables, the transition to more distributed energy sources requires grid modernization a d enhanced digital capabilities.
This paper has provided a comprehensive review of the current status and developments of energy storage in Finland, and this information could prove useful in future modeling studies of the
Elisa is transforming the backup batteries in its mobile network base stations into a smartly controlled, distributed virtual power plant with a capacity of 150 MWh, which serves as part of the grid balancing
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