Finland: Ambitious climate and energy strategy
To reduce CO2 emissions Finland promotes the use of renewable energy and by incresed energy efficiency. An ambitious climate and energy strategy has been approved, detailing climate and energy policy measures untill 2020.
WOOD. Finland is one of the world's leading users of renewable sources of energy, especially bioenergy.(Photo: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)
The political control over energy and innovation in Finland is placed under the "super" Ministry of Employment and the Economy. While TEKES under the Ministry of Employment and the Economy is responsible for energy innovation and technology development, the Academy of Finland under the Ministry of Education is the key funding agency for basic research. Today much of the energy research and innovation in Finland is organised through the so-called SHOKs. These are the Finnish Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation. The centres are organised as public-private partnerships. Finland has numerous firms active in research and innovation in the energy sector. As exemplified in the SHOKs, Finland has good experiences with public-private partnerships and cooperation with industry.
The Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy has recently proposed that wind power in Finland will have a guaranteed price, a feed-in tariff that should help foster the development of more wind power in the Finnish system. According to the proposal, this feed-in tariff should be introduced in the beginning of 2010.
Follow the links below to learn more about Finland's policies on climate, energy and renewable energy. Find also information on goals for lower CO2 emissions and suggested policy measures.
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