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16.6.2026 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is requesting views on the proposal for a new chapter concerning offshore wind power construction and decommissioning to be added to the Water Act. Further provisions supplementing it would be included in the Government Decree on Water Resources Management.

20.5.2026 | The views on data centres and their electricity use presented in public tend to either depict the centres as a threat to the sufficiency of electricity or, alternatively, highlight the necessity and benefits of such investments. However, data centres are not a black-and-white issue. Data centres should be seen as a part of the overall economic change, data sovereignty and general electrification. Thro...

24.10.2025 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment requests comments on the draft Government decision concerning offshore wind power areas in the exclusive economic zone and on the related environmental report in accordance with the Act on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Plans and Programmes on the Environment (the SOVA Act).

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.

23.6.2025 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has sent out for comments a draft government decree on offshore wind power in the exclusive economic zone. Comments and opinions on the proposal should primarily be submitted under the ‘request for comments’ published on the lausuntopalvelu.fi website by 18 August 2025.

23.10.2025 | The amendment to the Electricity Market Act will promote the integration of the increasing electricity generation and growing consumption loads into the main grid and high-voltage distribution network. The Government submitted the Act to the President of the Republic for approval on 23 October 2025. The Act will enter into force on 1 January 2026.

23.5.2025 | The assessment plan of Strategic environmental assessment of authorities' plans and programmes (SEA) concerning potential offshore wind farms in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) has been circulated for comments. The assessment is based on the Act on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Plans and Programmes on the Environment. The national consultation of the assessment is carried out in the Lausuntopalvelu.fi service.

20.8.2024 | In October 2023, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment appointed a working group to examine ways to improve Finland’s competitive position in offshore wind power production compared with other Baltic Sea countries and to promote other targets on offshore wind power set out in the Government Programme. The proposals included in the report published by the working group on 20 August 2024 form an action plan for the promotion of offshore wind power.

12.5.2025 | On 12 May 2025, the EU Baltic Sea coastal states signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Warsaw to renew the Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan adopted in 2015 (BEMIP). The plan focuses on developing the energy infrastructure and transmission networks in the Baltic Sea region.

8.10.2024 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment appointed a coordination group on offshore wind power. The group will maintain a situation picture for the offshore wind power sector and participate in the preparation of the timetables and selection of wind power areas, which will be tendered in territorial waters and the exclusive economic zone.

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.

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?

19.12.2024 | On 19 December 2024, the President of the Republic approved the Act on Offshore Wind Power in the Exclusive Economic Zone. The Act will help promote offshore wind power in the exclusive economic zone, clarify the regulation of offshore wind power projects within the zone and ensure that the rights to the exploitation of offshore wind power are granted in a fair, transparent and predictable manner.

1.2.2024 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and the Ministry of Defence have appointed a working group to explore ways to coordinate territorial surveillance and wind power construction. The aim is to improve the conditions for wind power projects to proceed in eastern Finland. The term of the working group is 1 February–30 June 2024.

27.6.2025 | The clean energy transition is progressing at a good pace, thanks in part to the emissions trading system. However, reaching Finland’s climate targets will require more action in the effort sharing sector, and especially in the land use sector where emissions increased compared to the previous year.

26.9.2023 | The energy transition is reaching new heights, according to the Kauppapolitiikka magazine. The theme of the September issue is the future of wind power.

6.11.2023 | The Ministry of the Environment commissioned a study of the legislation on the demolition of wind turbines to assess whether there are needs for amendments.

23.5.2024 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has circulated for comments a draft government proposal proposing that a new act on offshore wind power in the exclusive economic zone be enacted and that the Act on the Exclusive Economic Zone of Finland and the Act on the Energy Authority be amended. The proposal implements the objective of clarifying the rules for offshore wind power in Finland’s exclusive economic zone as set out in the Programme of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s Government.

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.

23.11.2023 | On 23 November 2023, the Government adopted a resolution on launching an auction procedure concerning offshore wind power sites located in the public water areas of Finland.