Finland is implementing its cleaner energy ambitions.
As part of the Helsinki goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2035, a first large offshore wind farm is to be built in the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea on the west coast of Finland.
The energy company Vattenfall was selected for the project, the investment of which is estimated at between two and three billion euros.
The Swedish group, which has partnered with the Finnish public group Metsähallitus, plans an inauguration "in the early 2030s" for this wind farm with a power of 1.3 gigawatts.
Located about 50 kilometers southwest of the port of Vaasa, the park must provide 5 terawatt hours of electricity annually, equivalent to the consumption of 250,000 electrically heated homes in the Nordic country, according to Vattenfall.
Onshore wind power is already on the rise
In recent years, Finland has already invested heavily in onshore wind power, which currently accounts for around 10% of its electricity and is expected to exceed a quarter around 2025. Less windy than the North Sea, the Baltic Sea is currently less equipped with offshore wind turbines.
But the riparian countries signed an agreement this year to reach 20 gigawatts of wind capacity by 2030, in the wake of European efforts to reduce its energy dependence on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.
Denmark notably has major projects off the island of Bornholm in the southern Baltic.
Finland also plans to expand a small existing offshore farm to 900 megawatts, also on the country's west coast.
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