Wind power in Finland

Wind power in Finland has been the fastest growing source of electricity in recent years.

[2] By the end of 2022, Finland's wind power capacity reached 5,677 MW with 1,393 turbines installed.

That year, wind power production increased by 41% to 11.6 TWh, representing 14.1% of the country's electricity consumption.

[6] In the Pori area of Finland 97% of people supported wind power according to Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy in 2000.

In Europe Denmark had the highest share 55%, Ireland 34%, the UK 28%, Portugal and Germany 26% , Sweden and Spain 25%, as compared to Finland's 14%.

After 2017 Finnish renewable energy subsidies lapsed after two years of record growth in wind installations.

A demonstration project with two deep water wind turbines received a 30 million grant and is planned to be constructed in 2023-26 before the main extension.

Vattenfall won the tender to construct the 1.3 GW wind farm which is projected to produce approximately 5 TWh of electricity per year.

[31][32] In late 2023, Metsähallitus and Vattenfall agreed to expand the project area in line with a draft regional plan, allowing up to 2 GW of capacity.

[33] Further auctions are planned for 2023 and 2024, with zones for five offshore wind sites to be leased in Finnish territorial waters by Metsähallitus.

[34][35][36] In May 2024 the government decided to reject all 16 applications for offshore wind farms outside territorial waters in the exclusive economic zone until new legislation has been passed.

The reduced tax was meant to lower interest in wind power investments in the municipalities.