Better Energy And Forus Partner Up to Bring More Than 1000 MW Solar to Finland – EQ Mag Pro

“Better Energy is the best possible partner for us. We share the same values and aspirations to make a change. Finland could produce over 5 times its need of power with wind and solar. Nordics should take bigger responsibility for the energy production of Europe, or EU is risking either its green targets or its autonomy,” says CEO of Forus, Eero Oksanen.

Better Energy will fund, construct, operate and own the solar power plants in Finland and the Finnish pipeline will add to growing activities in Denmark, Poland, and Sweden with an accumulated pipeline of 7GW.

Strengthening Finnish energy independence

Current events in Europe only enunciates the need for Finland to move towards locally produced and sustainable power production. On Saturday May 14th the Russian state-owned RAO Nordic cut off the electricity export to Finland causing already high electricity prices to rise even further.

Finland is currently a net importer of electricity with much of its own production coming from biomass and nuclear power. Solar power is not only among the cheapest forms of energy, but also the fastest to deploy in scale.

“Locally produced, clean, sustainable energy is critical not only for our climate and environment but also to European security policy. We need to move towards energy independence and away from coal, oil and gas from authoritarian regimes. On all accounts, time is of the essence,” concludes CEO of Better Energy, Rasmus Lildholdt Kjær.