Fingrid Magazine 3/2025: Fingrid prepares for Finland’s success
This year’s third Fingrid stakeholder magazine presents the main grid development plan for 2026–2035, the conditional connection agreement for large-scale consumption projects and the recently completed Aurora Line connection.
In the editorial of Fingrid magazine 3/2025, Timo Kiiveri, Executive Vice President at Fingrid, discusses whether main grid construction could be accelerated – and he thinks it could. Construction permit processes could be faster and substation transformer deliveries smoother, the latter being subject to logistical challenges posed by road and rail infrastructure in many places. “We could easily shave a year off this and cut costs,” Kiiveri writes.
The main grid development plan was published for comments at the start of September. The final version will be published in early December. Aki Laurila, Grid Planning Manager at Fingrid, describes the doubling of electricity consumption by 2035 as a huge change driven by the electrification of industry and, in particular, the increasing use of electricity for heating.
The temporary shortage of connection capacity in transmission and distribution networks affects production on the west coast and consumption in southern Finland. In principle, Fingrid will make agreements on grid connection capacity for customer projects once their permits are legally valid. However, the type and size of project will influence the content and duration of the permit process.
“Fingrid has introduced a conditional connection agreement in order to streamline large-scale consumption projects that have lengthy permit processes. It is intended for industrial consumption projects of at least 250 megawatts to be connected to the 400 kV grid,” says Jussi Jyrinsalo, Senior Vice President at Fingrid.
Some of the other articles in issue 3/2025 of the Fingrid magazine:
- Introducing the Aurora Line transmission link
- New normal for the electricity market: increased automation, forecasting and flexibility
- Low-carbon concrete cuts emissions from power line construction
- Landowners to receive higher compensation for expropriation
- Crisis preparation and insights from the Iberian Peninsula blackout
- Svenska kraftnät’s steady course and momentum for investment
Representatives of our customers and stakeholders presented in this issue include Lasse Sarhela / Elenia, Lauri Siltanen / Savon Voima Verkko, Catharina Sikow-Magny / Florence School of Regulation, Antti Kaikkonen / Blastr Green Steel, Jari Salila / Ministry of Justice, Mauri Asmundela / National Land Survey of Finland, Juha Rämö / Consolis Parma, Antti Suokas / Alpiq, Per Eckemark / Svenska kraftnät and Donatas Matelionis / Litgrid.
The printed version of the Fingrid Magazine will be published for customers and subscribers. A PDF version of the magazine is available on Fingrid’s website, and the articles will be published in phases in Fingrid’s online magazine at www.fingridlehti.fi. The magazine is also published in English.
Fingrid Magazine 3/2025 (pdf) >
Safety on the Lines, Fingrid’s occupational safety publication, is published twice a year as a supplement to the Fingrid magazine. In this issue, it covers topics such as safety on worksites, Vision Zero Forum, electrical work safety and security observations.
Further information:
Fingrid Magazine: Marjut Määttänen, communications
E-mail addresses: forename.surname@fingrid.fi