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31.1.2025 | In Finland, there is broad recognition of the important role that nuclear energy will also play in the future. There is a willingness to build new capacity, yet the profitability of investments has clearly weakened over the years. What different means could be considered to advance nuclear energy?

27.1.2026 | Finland and China signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on energy cooperation in Beijing on 27 January 2026. The areas of cooperation focus in particular on clean energy, smart energy systems and energy innovation.

6.8.2024 | Luxembourg is again funding renewable energy projects that will be implemented in other EU Member States. A total of EUR 52.4 million in funding is available through the EU Renewable Energy Financing Mechanism (RENEWFM).

13.11.2025 | The Conference on Energy Transition in Capture Fisheries discussed the opportunities offered by new energy sources and electricity and ways to reduce the use of energy. The conference gave wide support to the declaration of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on boosting energy transition in the fisheries sector.

11.12.2024 | During May and November, Finland delivered 68 truckloads of civilian material assistance to Ukraine.

1.4.2025 | The use of coal in Finnish energy production will end this spring as energy companies Helen and Vantaan Energia will close their last remaining power plant units using coal. The energy use of coal will thus end four years before the deadline of May 2029 required by law. In this way, Finland is taking another major step towards an energy system that is cleaner, more self-sufficient and climate neutral.

4.9.2024 | The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) will organise a virtual information event for Finland and Estonia on the ongoing call for tenders on solar power plants located in Finland and on onshore wind power plant projects located in Estonia.

15.3.2023 | Finland has been one of the leading providers of assistance to Ukraine's energy sector during the war. On Tuesday 14 March, the latest energy sector assistance, a smart solar power system, was sent from Finland to Ukraine.

26.3.2024 | The Utajärvi solar power project of Oulun Seudun Sähkö is the first Finnish project that has signed a grant agreement under the EU renewable energy financing mechanism with the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency CINEA.

27.2.2023 | Luxembourg will fund solar power projects in Finland with EUR 40 million through a new EU renewable energy financing mechanism. The projects will be selected through competitive tendering carried out by the European Commission and the European Climate, Environment and Infrastructure Executive Agency (CINEA).

13.6.2024 | Seven solar park projects in Finland have been granted a total of EUR 27.5 million through the EU’s Renewable Energy Financing Mechanism (RENEWFM). Under the mechanism, solar power will be built in Finland with funding from Luxembourg. The scheme will strengthen and diversify the production of renewable energy in Finland while promoting the achievement of the national targets for renewable energy in Luxembourg.

30.10.2024 | Finland and Saudi Arabia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on energy. It aims to enhance technical and economic cooperation between the two countries in the energy sector and promote the access of Finnish companies to the Saudi Arabian market.

14.10.2024 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has granted a total of EUR 44,546,484 in investment aid to 12 projects under the national Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP). Moreover, by a decision supported by the Ministerial Finance Committee on 3 October, EUR 28,048,200 was granted to Nordic Ren-Gas Oy for a large demonstration project on new energy technology.

8.12.2023 | The Council of the European Union, European Parliament and European Commission reached a provisional agreement on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). The aim of the directive is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and their energy consumption.

14.6.2024 | On 14 June 2024, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment granted to nine different projects a total of EUR 46.4 million in RRF energy investment aid under the Sustainable Growth Programme for Finland. Of the aid, EUR 24,553,932 will be allocated to three clean transition investments (REPowerEU) and EUR 21,864,440 to six energy infrastructure projects.

2.5.2023 | Finland is funding the Energy and Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP Africa) that boosts the use of renewable energy in Southern and East Africa. In rural Malawi, homes have electricity and farms irrigation pumps thanks to solar energy.

7.9.2023 | During the autumn, the Government will launch a number of projects to boost the energy transition. The aim is to attract investments to Finland that reduce emissions and turn Finland into a leader in terms of clean energy and a positive climate handprint.

4.8.2023 | Before Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, approximately one third of the energy used in Finland was imported from Russia. That share was reduced almost to zero in a few months, and the energy war launched by Russia increased consumer prices remarkably. As the energy markets have changed, it is the time to look how Russian energy was replaced and what more permanent effects trade changes will have.

16.12.2022 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has granted a total of EUR 119,196,068 to 16 clean energy projects under Finland’s Recovery and Resilience Plan.

4.10.2022 | On 4 October, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment made the first energy investment aid decisions under Finland’s Recovery and Resilience Plan to promote clean energy solutions. Aid was granted to six projects totalling EUR 99.8 million.