Energy

Total energy consumption

  2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
  petajoule (PJ)   Annual change, %
Wood fuels 324 318 332 338 339 331 349 5,5
Oil 350 334 325 318 310 312 317 1,6
Nuclear energy 239 243 241 247 247 244 243 -0,2
Coal 186 145 123 151 126 103 127 23,8
Natural gas 149 130 115 107 96 82 73 -11,5
Net imports of electricity 38 50 63 57 65 59 68 16,0
Hydro power 46 44 60 46 48 60 56 -5,7
Peat 98 86 66 58 61 58 56 -2,8
Wind power 1 2 2 3 4 8 11 31,8
Other energy sources 35 37 45 50 54 53 61 14,6
Total 1 466 1 389 1 371 1 375 1 349 1 309 1 362 4,0
Renewable energy sources 1), % 27,2 28,5 31,5 31,2 33,1 34,7 34,2 2,3

1) Includes inter alia wood fuels, hydro and wind power, the biodegradable proportion of recycled fuels

Source: Statistics Finland, Energy supply and consumption

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Supply and total consumption of electricity

  2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
  GWh % Annual change, %
Hydro power 16 667 12 672 13 240 16 584 15 634 18,4 -5,7
Wind power 494 774 1 107 2 327 3 068 3,6 31,8
Solar power 6 6 8 10 18 0,0 87,1
Nuclear power 22 063 22 673 22 646 22 326 22 280 26,2 -0,2
Conventional condensing power 5 177 8 883 6 379 4 062 4 319 5,1 6,3
Combined heat and power, industry 8 911 9 163 8 709 8 292 8 489 10,0 2,4
Combined heat and power, district heat 14 396 14 181 13 369 12 554 12 391 14,6 -1,3
Total production 67 714 68 354 65 459 66 155 66 200 77,7 0,1
Net imports 17 443 15 715 17 966 16 337 18 951 22,3 16,0
Total consumption 85 157 84 069 83 425 82 492 85 150 100 3,2

Source: Statistics Finland, Production of electricity and heat

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Electricity consumption by sector

  Industry and construction Households and agriculture Services and public consumption Transmission and distribution losses Total
  GWh
1960 6 346 965 782 696 8 789
1970 14 496 3 306 2 504 1 511 21 817
1980 23 252 8 646 5 718 2 305 39 921
1990 33 083 15 599 10 827 2 825 62 334
2000 43 752 18 963 13 824 2 631 79 171
2010 41 820 24 558 18 587 2 761 87 726
2011 40 706 22 880 17 993 2 693 84 271
2012 39 689 23 965 18 594 2 909 85 157
2013 40 211 23 018 18 238 2 602 84 069
2014 39 683 22 795 18 181 2 765 83 424
2015 39 475 22 446 18 153 2 443 82 517
2016 40 118 24 093 18 236 2 704 85 150

Sources: Statistics Finland, Energy supply and consumption; Finnish Energy Industries

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Updated: 22.12.2017

 

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