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27.9.2024 | Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and the Estonian Ministry of Climate signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning the protection and repair of underwater energy infrastructure on 27 September 2024.

29.4.2026 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications invites comments on a draft government proposal concerning the implementation of the Non-Road Mobile Machinery and Euro 7 Regulations. The proposal also introduces amendments to certain national provisions. Comments may be submitted until 10 June 2026.

15.4.2026 | Kuopion Energia Oy has submitted to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment an environmental impact assessment (EIA) programme concerning its plan to build a small nuclear power plant in Kuopio for district heating production. The EIA programme is a plan prepared by the party responsible for the project that details the necessary analyses and organisation of the environmental impact assessment procedure.

22.6.2022 | A national hydrogen network will be established in Finland. On Wednesday 22 June, the Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy supported expanding the group-level mandate of the wholly state-owned Gasgrid Finland Oy to include hydrogen transmission infrastructure and the development of a related hydrogen market in Finland.

13.3.2026 | The EU ministers responsible for energy issues will convene in Brussels on 16 March 2026. The meeting agenda will include the European grids package for 2028–2034, the action plan for affordable energy, and energy security. Finland will be represented by Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala.

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo visited Kyiv on 28 May 2025. Finland supports Ukraine On 24 February 2022, Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine in breach of the UN Charter and international law. Finland strongly condemns Russia’s military actions in...

20.10.2021 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has granted Fingrid Oyj a permit to construct a transmission line of 400 kilovolts that will cross the border between Finland and Sweden. The interconnector would increase the transmission capacity between Finland and Northern Sweden from Sweden to Finland by 800 MW and from Finland to Sweden by 900 MW.

27.1.2022 | On January 26 2022, the Energy programme committee of the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) decided to grant EUR 127 million for the implementation of a planned electricity transmission line between Northern Finland and Northern Sweden. The amount will be divided between Finland and Sweden. The financial support covers 50% of the project costs.

28.4.2020 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has prepared a proposal for a roadmap for the introduction of a mobile application to support the tracing of coronavirus infections in Finland. The proposal is being circulated for comments until 5th of May 2020.

18.12.2025 | Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala and Estonia’s Minister of Energy and the Environment Anders Sutt discussed future opportunities for Finnish-Estonian energy cooperation in Helsinki on 18 December 2025. The countries have so far had successful collaboration on developing the transmission networks for electricity and gas, protecting critical infrastructure and creating a common electricity market.

5.2.2019 | – Nuclear power has a long-lasting role as climate-friendly baseload power as fossil fuels need to be replaced quickly in emission-free ways to generate energy. This role will be emphasized in the coming years and decades, when global greenhouse gas emissions will have to be dramatically reduced in order to halt climate change, says Riku Huttunen, Director General of the Ministry of Economic Affa...

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.

2.10.2025 | The Nordic energy ministers met in Helsinki on 1 October. The main topics of the meeting were energy  security and the electricity market. This year Finland holds the Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers, together with Åland. Finland was represented by Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala and, on behalf of Åland, by Minister Camilla Gunell.

18.12.2025 | Finland’s economic recovery has been weaker than expected this year. The general government deficit is wide, and the debt ratio will continue to grow, estimates the Ministry of Finance in its economic forecast published on 18 December.

8.5.2025 | On 8 May 2025, the Government submitted to Parliament a proposal for acts amending the Electricity Market Act and sections 12 and 96 of the Natural Gas Market Act. The main objective of the proposal is to facilitate the integration of the increasing electricity generation and consumption loads into the transmission system and high-voltage distribution networks.

5.3.2026 | March 2026 1 Finland simplification proposals Contents 1. Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) (EU) 2023/1791 ................................................. 3 2. Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) (EU) 2022/2577 ....................................

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.

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12.4.2024 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has appointed a working group to prepare a proposal for reforming the Electricity Market Act to integrate the increasing electricity production and the growing load demands into the transmission network and the high-voltage distribution networks. The working group should submit its proposal to the Ministry by 29 November 2024.

14.3.2025 | The first Energy Council meeting under the Polish Presidency will be held in Brussels on 17 March 2025 with a focus on the Commission’s action plan for affordable energy and the energy security situation in the EU. Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala will represent Finland at the meeting.