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Environmental subsidies for energy supply decreased considerably in 2022

release | Environmental subsidies 2022

According to Statistics Finland, environmental subsidies paid by the public sector was EUR 478 million in 2022, which was EUR 173 million lower than one year earlier. The fall was mainly seen in energy supply, where the received subsidies on production of renewable energy plummeted compared to the previous years as a result of the high market price of electricity.


Key selections

  • Nearly no subsidy on production of renewable energy was paid in 2022.
  • The share of enterprises as recipients of environmental subsidies fell by 25 percentage points from twelve months back.
  • Among the industries, most subsidies were paid to agriculture.
  • Capital transfers (D9) supporting investments grew by 34 per cent from the year before.

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Classifications used:
  • Environmental protection and resource management activity
  • Sectors
  • Transaction
  • Payer of environmental subsidies
Period:
annual
Updated:
Classifications used:
  • Payer of environmental subsidies
  • Transaction
  • Environmental protection and resource management activity
  • Industry
Period:
annual
Updated:

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