Finland

TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

Estimated available energy sources
Fossil fuels Nuclear Renewables
Solid Liquid Gas Uranium Hydro Other renewables
Total amount in specific units* 5.9 0 0 15 800 3.3 n.a.
Total amount in exajoules (EJ) 0.06 0.05 0.37

TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS

(Values in exajoules (EJ = 10¹8 J) 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2016 Compound annual growth rate (%)
2000 to year*
Energy consumption*              
-Total 0.72 0.95 1.14 1.32 1.46 1.37 0.2
-Solids (coal, peat) 0.10 0.19 0.22 0.21 0.28 0.18 –0.9
-Liquids (oil) 0.41 0.46 0.38 0.36 0.35 0.32 –0.7
-Gases (natural gas) 0.00 0.03 0.09 0.14 0.15 0.07 –3.1
-Nuclear 0.00 0.07 0.20 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.0
-Hydro (incl. wind power) 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.07 2.5
-Others 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.06 12.5
-Other renewables (wood based fuel) 0.17 0.14 0.17 0.27 0.32 0.35 1.9
Energy production              
-Total 0.21+ 0.29 0.51 0.84 0.95 0.83 0.0
Net import (Import–Export)**              
-Total 0.002 0.004 0.039 0.043 0.038 0.068 3.6

TABLE 3. INSTALLED CAPACITY, ELECTRICTY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2016 Compound annual growth rate (%)
2000 to year*
Capacity of electrical plants, gross (GW(e))              
-Thermal 2.60 7.13 8.47 11.54 12.09 9.14 –1.3
-Hydro 2.13 2.50 2.68 2.96 3.04 3.17 0.4
-Nuclear 0.00 1.11 2.39 2.76 2.78 2.75 0.0
-Wind 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.08 1.00 150.0
-Geothermal n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
n.a.
-Total 4.73 10.74 13.54 17.30 17.99 16.19 –0.4
Electricity production, net (TWh)              
-Thermal 11.86 21.97 22.71 31.17 31.70 24.19 –1.4
-Hydro 9.43 10.12 10.75 14.45 13.43 15.63 0.5
-Nuclear 0.00 6.63 18.13 21.58 22.36 22.28 0.2
-Wind 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.17 3.07 233.6
-Total1 21.29 38.71 51.60 67.28 67.66 66.20 –0.1
Total electricity consumption (TWh) 21.82 39.92 62.33 79.16 84.67 85.15 0.5

TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2016
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 157 198 228 255 261 248
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita) 4 745 8 338 12 471 15 278 16 111 15 496
Electricity production/Energy production (%) 36.5+ 48.1 36.4 39.1 34.8 28.6
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) 0.0 16.6 29.1 27.3 26.4 33.7
Ratio of external dependency (%)1 0.3 0.5 3.4 3.2 4.5 5.0
Ratio of external dependency (%)2 70.9 79.1 79.8 73.1 73.6 69.1

TABLE 5. STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Reactor unit Type Net capacity
[MW(e)]
Operator Status Reactor supplier Construction date+ Grid
Date++
Commercial date Shutdown/
Cancellation date+++
UCF
for year 2017
Loviisa 1 WWER-440 PWR 507 Fortum Operational Atomenergo-export 1971 1977 1979 2027 92.7%
Loviisa 2 WWER-440 PWR 502 Fortum Operational Atomenergo-export 1972 1980 1981 2030 92.6%
Olkiluoto 1 BWR 880 TVO Operational ASEA-Atom 1974 1978 1979 2038 93.1%
Olkiluoto 2 BWR 890 TVO Operational ASEA-Atom 1975 1980 1982 2038 81.3%
Olkiluoto 3 EPR PWR 1600 TVO Under construction Areva NP and Siemens AG 2005 2018 2019 2075

TABLE 6. STATUS OF DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Reactor unit Shutdown reason Decommission strategy Current decommissioning phase Current fuel management phase Decommissioning licensee Licence termination year
FIR-1 research reactor End of operation Immediate dismantling Licencing VTT

TABLE 7. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Reactor unit/Project name Owner Type Capacity in MW(e) Expected construction start year Expected commercial year
 Hanhikivi 1 Fennovoima Oy WWER 1200 MW 2019 2024