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===Energy=== {{See also|Energy in Finland|Nordic energy market|Peat energy in Finland|Nuclear power in Finland}} [[File:EPR OLK3 TVO fotomont 2 Vogelperspektive.jpg|thumb|The [[Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant]]. Finland has five commercial nuclear reactors.<ref name=STT2023/>]] The free and largely privately owned financial and physical [[Nordic energy market]]s traded in [[NASDAQ OMX Commodities Europe]] and [[Nord Pool Spot]] exchanges, have provided competitive prices compared with other EU countries. {{As of|2022}}, Finland has the lowest non-household electricity prices in the EU.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electricity price statistics - Statistics Explained |publisher=Eurostat |date=13 April 2023 |access-date=18 April 2023 |url= https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Electricity_price_statistics#Electricity_prices_for_non-household_consumers |issn=2443-8219 }}</ref> In 2021, the energy market was around 87 terawatt hours and the peak demand around 14 [[gigawatt]]s in winter.<ref name=TilastokeskusEnergia>{{Cite web |title=Energia |publisher=Tilastokeskus |date=3 March 2023 |access-date=18 April 2023 |url=https://www.stat.fi/tup/suoluk/suoluk_energia.html |language=fi |archive-date=18 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418122138/https://www.stat.fi/tup/suoluk/suoluk_energia.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sähkön tuotanto ja kulutus |date=19 May 2017 |publisher=Fingrid |access-date=18 April 2023 |url= https://www.fingrid.fi/sahkomarkkinainformaatio/kulutus-ja-tuotanto/|language=fi }}</ref> Industry and construction consumed 43.5% of total consumption, a relatively high figure reflecting Finland's industries.<ref name=TilastokeskusEnergia/> Finland's [[hydrocarbon resources]] are limited to [[peat]] and wood. About 18% of the electricity is produced by [[hydropower]]<ref name=TilastokeskusEnergia/> In 2021, [[renewable energy]] (mainly hydropower and various forms of wood energy) was high at 43% compared with the EU average of 22% in final energy consumption.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Share of energy from renewable sources |publisher=Eurostat |date=5 April 2023 |access-date=18 April 2023 |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nrg_ind_ren/default/table?lang=en |id=NRG_IND_REN |archive-date=18 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418122138/https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nrg_ind_ren/default/table?lang=en |url-status=live }}</ref> About 20% of electricity is imported, especially from Sweden due to its lower cost there.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Suomi pärjää ilman Venäjän sähköä' – omavaraisuus saavutetaan kahdessa vuodessa, arvioi Fingrid |last=Autio |first=Antti |work=Ilta-Sanomat |agency=STT, Antti |date=4 April 2021 |access-date=18 April 2023 |url=https://www.is.fi/taloussanomat/art-2000008726918.html |language=fi |archive-date=18 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418122138/https://www.is.fi/taloussanomat/art-2000008726918.html |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|2022|02}}, Finland's [[Global strategic petroleum reserves|strategic petroleum reserves]] held 200 days worth of net oil imports in the case of emergencies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=[[International Energy Agency]] |date=12 May 2022 |title=Oil Stocks of IEA Countries |url=https://www.iea.org/articles/oil-stocks-of-iea-countries |access-date=17 May 2022 |publisher=IEA |location=Paris |language= |archive-date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516150055/https://www.iea.org/articles/oil-stocks-of-iea-countries |url-status=live }}</ref> Finland has five privately owned nuclear reactors producing 40% of the country's energy.<ref name=STT2023>{{Cite web |title=Joko nyt? Olkiluodon ydinvoimalan viimeinen testi maalissa – maanantaista odotetaan suurta päivää |agency=STT |work=MTVuutiset.fi |date=13 April 2023 |access-date=18 April 2023 |url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/joko-nyt-olkiluodon-ydinvoimalan-viimeinen-testi-maalissa-maanantaista-odotetaan-suurta-paivaa/8675154 |language=fi |archive-date=18 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418122138/https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/joko-nyt-olkiluodon-ydinvoimalan-viimeinen-testi-maalissa-maanantaista-odotetaan-suurta-paivaa/8675154 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository]] is currently under construction at the [[Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant]] in the municipality of [[Eurajoki]], on the west coast of Finland, by the company [[Posiva]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Journey deep into the Finnish caverns where nuclear waste will be buried for millennia |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/olkiluoto-island-finland-nuclear-waste-onkalo |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=24 April 2017 |access-date=26 August 2019 |archive-date=26 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826061516/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/olkiluoto-island-finland-nuclear-waste-onkalo |url-status=live }}</ref>
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