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Spring 2023 European Energy Innovation
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Finally, Finland is a large country with power capacity being situated in a one small semi-offshore wind farm
small population. There is plenty of fairly small area in the Western part and one small offshore wind farm
room for new onshore wind farms of Finland. There are many things in Finland. But there is growing
in Finland. Despite that one of the in favor of placing wind turbines interest in offshore wind power in
challenges in Finland is the long evenly across Finland, so a solution Finland and we predict that the
border with Russia. The co-existence to the challenge between national next larger offshore wind farm will
of military operations and wind power defense and wind power production be constructed in mid-2020’s. As
is a challenge in Eastern part of is currently being sought. in other parts of Europe, offshore
Finland. wind power is expected to play
Today over 99% of the cumulative a significant role also in Finland’s
This has resulted in most of the wind capacity is onshore. There is only electricity production in the future. l

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