Electricity Supply and Demand

Electricity Demand

Total electricity consumption in 2011

• 84,4 TWh
• 15.6 MWh/capita
  

Total electricity consumption in 2010

• 87.7 TWh
• 16.3 MWh/capita
  

Consumption of electricity amounted to 84.4 TWh, down by 3.8 per cent from the year before. Sixteen per cent of the electricity consumed in Finland was covered with imported electricity. Domestic production of electricity decreased by nearly nine per cent. The production of condensate power decreased by 32 per cent, partly due to improved supply of hydropower in Sweden and Norway, and increased output of Swedish nuclear power plants.

Combined heat and power production diminished by almost eight per cent. Combined heat and power production increased by seven per cent in industry’s combined power plants, but decreased by over sixteen per cent in district heating plants. Three per cent less electricity than in the year before was produced with hydropower in Finland. Since last summer, exports of electricity from Finland to the Nordic market have turned to net imports.

Source: Statistics Finland – PX-Web database