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Phone: +358 10 60 6000
Fax: +358 9 1606 2166
Email: kirjaamo@tem.fi
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The Ministry of Employment and the Economy (MEE) is responsible for the operating environment underpinning entrepreneurship and innovation activities, securing the functioning of the labour market and workers’ employability, as well as for regional development within the global economy.

Sustainability and predictability are characteristics of the energy policy objectives. During the past few years, Finland has been, for example, one of the leading industrialised countries that use renewable energy and especially bioenergy. For more than twenty years, our aim has also been to produce as much electricity as possible in co-generation plants of electricity and heat (CHP). In this Finland ranks among the international top. We have also managed to set up an exceptionally well decentralised and versatile energy system that is based on both large and small energy production plants and diverse energy sources. At the same time, a strong energy technology cluster, or an energy cluster, has been created in our country, and it is becoming more and more important. We have been on the international forefront in removing unnecessary regulation and thus created the preconditions for the internationalisation of our energy companies and for the growth of their efficiency.

Finnish energy policy rests on three fundamental elements: energy, economy and the environment. Thus securing energy supply, a competitive price of energy and keeping the arising environmental emissions within the international commitments play a central role. The most important factor influencing the operating environment of energy policy is international cooperation, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Among other factors having an impact on energy policy are the objectives of reducing environmental hazards and of adapting economic activity to the principles of sustainable development. In addition, the price and availability prospects of imported energy and the increased international decision-making have an effect on the energy policy during each programming period.

1. Actor:

   Ministry

2. Sector:

   Emissions trading, Energy efficiency (general), Renewable energy (general)

3. Activity:

   Finland