Responsibility

Hydro power

Due to hydro power, rivers have been sprouted and dammed, which has affected the flows and, at the same time, has changed the home environment of migrating fish. The impacts of hydro power production on fish stocks are compensated through annual fisheries payments set out in the environmental permit for each power plant.

In addition to the regulatory compensations, we also support and implement voluntary measures to protect and revitalise migratory fish stocks. With our Stream Water Programme, we want to help fish migrate more freely and renovate or restore stream waters: we remove obstacles to fish migration and try out new innovations to revitalise fish stocks across Finland.

Nuclear power

The environmental impacts of nuclear power plants operating in Finland have been only a fraction of their permissible values. The typical environmental impacts of power plants are mainly limited to discharging warm cooling water into the sea. Nuclear power plants do not, for example, cause practically any CO2 or other air emissions.

The track record of nuclear power in Finland is very positive. Finnish nuclear power plants have been operating safely for decades, producing electricity at world-class duty cycle. Finland is also implementing the world's first safe solution for the final disposal of used nuclear fuel.