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3.3.3 ENERGY MIX

Finland has a rather diversified energy mix which can be seen from the graph below:

Import from Lithuania in 2015

25.6% 25.2%

Wood fuels

23.9% 23.0%

Oil

18.7% 18.3%

Nuclear energy

8.0%

Coal

9.4%

6.1%

Natural gas

7.1%

4.6% 3.5%

Hydro

4.5% 4.8%

Net imports of electricity

4.1% 4.4%

Peat

3.8% 0.9%

Others

0.6% 0.3%

Wind

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

2015 (The figures were corrected on 18 April 2016)

2014

Figure 3.15: Total energy consumption by sources, 2015 (Source: Statistics Finland).

In 2015 natural gas accounted for about 20% of the fuels used in the production of district heat and CHP production as shown in the figure 3.17 and about 6% of the electricity production as shown in figure 3.16. On the scale of the whole country, natural gas accounts some 6% of the use of primary energy.

0.9 0.2

Nuclear power Hydro power Net imports Biomass Coal Natural gas Peat

3.3

3.1

4.9

Renewables Coal Natural gas Peat Other Secondary heat Oil

6.1

2.8

2.5

27.7

6.7

15.0

32.6

%

%

13.0

20.3

20.1

Wind power Waste fuels Oil

21.4

19.8

Figure 3.16: Electricity supply by energy sources 2015 (82.5 TWh) in Finland (Source: Energy Finland)

Figure 3.17: Fuel consumption in production of district heat and CHP in 2015 in Finland – fuel consumption 52.0 TWh (Source: Energy Finland)

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