Finnish transmission system Fingrid announces that over the next three years, the power grid will be tight in southern Finland.
New major electricity consumption projects may have to wait longer than they can be expected between 2025 and 2027 before they can be connected to the transmission network.
Limited connectivity applies to new industrial scale consumption that has not yet agreed to join the power grid.
The connection capacity of the electricity transmission network will be temporarily and locally limited in the next few years in the Uusimaa, Southwest Finland and Häme areas.
The scarcity of the electricity transmission network is due to a faster increase in electricity consumption in southern Finland at the same time as the production of electricity and heat, such as coal power plants, has been eliminated in the area.
The end of electricity in Russia has also reduced the situation.
“The situation is inevitably difficult for our customers. Faster -than -expected electricity consumption and output power generation challenges the transmission and connectivity of the transmission network regionally, ”says Director of Fingrid’s transmission network services Jussi Jyrinsalo.
Solutions are already being built
Investing in the transmission network is currently being invested. The situation of access capacity will make it easier for projects are being completed and under construction. It happens in stages.
Additional capacity means building new transmission lines, increasing substation transformers, and compensating solutions that support the voltage of the power grid.
A huge 400 kilovolt underground cabling in Vantaa will be built in Helsinki. As much as 12 kilometers long, Electricity Cabling is Finland’s largest project in its sport.
Fingrid has an investment program of four billion euros, a significant part of which will be focused on enabling the growth in Southern Finland and the clean transition of the electrical system.
“Our investment program will respond to this challenge in the next few years and we will try to ensure that many customers as possible to connect to the transmission network,” Jyrinsalo continues.
According to Fingrid, new large -scale electricity -consuming sites will be easier to connect to the grid of southern Finland if the consumer has the ability to flex in electricity consumption. Also, close cooperation with the electricity transmission network, the local distribution network and the customer will contribute to new connections.
The adequacy of access capacity is also supported by regional adjustable electricity generation, especially if the current combined power and heat production remains in use in the next few years, Fingrid says.