Wind power in Finland describes wind power in Finland as part of energy in Finland and renewable energy in Finland. In 2018 the cumulative wind power capacity in Finland was 2,041 MW compared to Sweden 7,047 MW, Ireland 3,564 MW and Germany 59,311 MW. In 2018 there was zero new installed wind power in Finland. The wind energy share of total electricity demand was 6 % in 2018 and total consumption was 1.3% in 2014. According to a 2018 study done by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, published in Nature Energy, showed that new wind power technology can cover the entire electricity consumption of Finland. Wind power is the most popular energy resource among Finnish public: 90% of Finns would want further investments in wind energy in September 2007. In April 2005 the value was 88%. In the Pori area of Finland 97% of people supported wind power according to Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy in 2000. Finland has a Feed-in Tariff scheme for wind turbines larger than 500 kW. Kimmo Tiilikainen was the environmental minister of Finland during 1.10.2007-31.3.2008, while the permanent minister was on a leave. In his preliminary minister comments in September 2006 Kimmo Tiilikainen recommended Feed-in-Tariff for wind power within one year with the objective of 3000 MW wind power in 2020. Finland consumed 90 000 GWh of electricity in. For reference Germany had installed base of 39,165 MW of wind power at the end of 2014.
Comparison
Wind energy covered 14 € of EU electricity demand in 2018. In EuropeDenmark had the highest share 41%, Ireland 28% and Portugal 24%, Germany 21 %, Spain 19 %, the UK 18 %, Sweden 12% and Finland 6%.
Economy
Municipals receive taxes from wind power. Both Raahe and Kalajoki obtained €1.35 million in taxes from 60 turbines in 2018. According to Wind Power Association for land owners wind power is more profitable than same land as forest use.
Employment
According to EPV Tuulivoima in 2010, a 100 MW wind farm would employ ca 1000 persons.
In practice
In 2016, St1 opened the 59,5 MW TuuliWatti at a cost of €140 million. Wind power is partially responsible for keeping electricity prices from rising. According to Technical University of Lappeenranta wind power became the cheapest power in Finland since March 2017. Power production cost per MWh in 2017 were: wind power 41 €, nuclear power 42 €, peat 61 €, coal 64€, wood 76€ and solar 100€. In 2019 new wind power cost is estimated to be 25 €/MWh. In 2019 new wind power will be produced 10,9 TWh in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
