WIND POWER IN FINLAND
Suitable areas for using wind power plants are areas situated
at the coast, the sea areas and the hills in Finnish Lapland.
The wind power plants are classified according to their face capacity.
The most used wind power plants in Finland have the face capacity
of 2 MW.
The power plants are expanding in a fast tempo especially at
sea. The life cycle of a power plant is 20-40 years, after which
the plant is renewed or put down.
The wind power plants used in Finland are constructed
as a cooperation between Danish and Finnish companies.
The wind power plants are build in Denmark, but 50 % of the work
is done in Finland. The generators, transformers and frame structures
are domestic. In addition the power plant situated in the city of
Pori at the west coast of Finland is equipped with a Finnish anti-freeze
system.
the ENVIROMENT and wind power
Wind power plants use free, renewable raw materials.
The wind’s kinetic energy can be converted into rotating movement
and further into electricity in the generator.
Wind is created when air moves as a result of differences in air
mass temperature and pressure.
The best areas for producing wind power is the coast,
sea and arctic hills.
At this moment our country's wind power plants produce about 0,1
% of the electricity consumed in Finland but wind power has great
potential in Finland.
The amount of wind varies greatly from day to day and that’s
why it’s produced unevenly.
Wind power is environmental friendly. Wind power plants
can however be an eyesore when they don’t fit in with the
overall scenery.
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