Just a few years ago, the share of wind energy in electricity production was insignificant, but recently there has been rapid development, and now in Finland about a fifth of electricity is generated using wind, and on better days even more than half. Thus, wind energy has become one of the cornerstones of Finland, and the potential of wind energy is enormous. In the future, Finland can become an energy power, that is, the locomotive of Europe in the energy sector.
According to LUT University researcher Petteri Laaksonen, combined wind and solar energy could reach thirty-four times Finland’s electricity production last year.
“We are able to produce well over ten percent of Europe’s future electricity needs in various chemicals and other forms, one of which is hydrogen used as a component of chemicals,” the researcher said.
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Source: www.dv.ee