In Finland, electricity storage facilities have not been set up there

Finland is actively building electricity storage facilities. However, they are placed away from power plants, which leads to a "blockage" in the network.

In Finland, 261 storage batteries with a capacity of 1050 MW are connected to the network, according to Fingrid.

"This is more than, for example, the capacity of two reactors at the Loviis nuclear power plant," Yle writes.

Storages are used to balance the power system: when there is a lot of electricity, it is replenished with storages, and vice versa.

According to the director of network planning at the operator of the Fingrid transmission system, Jussi Jirinsalo, the construction of battery storage facilities continues at a rapid pace, but if they are built as requested in the requests, the power system will simply be clogged.

It's already happening. More than half of the battery storage facilities are located in the south of Finland, where the bulk of consumption is concentrated. Electricity production is much further away.

"A storage facility located separately from electricity generation requires twice as much network capacity," Yle writes with reference to Fingrid.

At the same time, storage permits are issued faster than for industrial facilities, and they may be nearby, which leads to negative consequences.

"As a result, the storage takes away the power of the power system, for example, for data centers or thermal power plants," said Jussi Jirinsalo. According to him, the operator managed to give some recommendations, but the number of requests is too huge.