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On April 1st, 2025, Finland officially closed the Salmisaari coal power plant in Helsinki, marking an essential moment in the country’s energy history

By doing this, Finland lowered its reliance on coal for power generation to below 1%, an achievement that reached four years ahead of schedule.

The closure is part of other efforts by the Finnish government to phase out coal completely by 2029, transitioning to cleaner and more sustainable energy sources, primarily wind power.

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Don't get too excited. AFAIK they are still burning peat for energy, which is worse than lignite (brown coal, the worst coal)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat_in_Finland

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Fair, but according to that page, it was 3,4% of total consumption in 2020, 2,8% in 21-22 and 1,7% in 2023. So all in all, pretty good, I'd say. And over 92% of the energy they produce is low carbon or clean according to this

    Better than most, I think

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