Finnish energy consumption on average for the past 10 year stands at 376 TWh.

According to LUKE, the share of wood fuels including small-scale combustion of wood, black liquor, and forest industry by-products caters 29.7 % of the energy consumption in 2021.

Expanding the calculation from wood fuels to forestland, in which wind- and solar power plants are assumed to reside on forestland, shows that the contribution is 31.9 %.

Should the wind and solar power capacity develop as anticipated, forestland could supply up to 40.1 % of Finland’s energy needs in 2030.

Sources: SITRA, Dasos Capital, SolarPower Europe

For more information, please contact Lauri Tenhunen, lauri.tenhunen@dasos.fi