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The Government-funded project investigated the health effects of infrasound from wind turbines in Finland. According to the research results, the infrasound of wind turbines does not explain the symptoms associated with wind turbines. The effect of infrasound was extensively investigated in the study with long-term sound measurements, surveys in wind power areas and lab tests. The […]

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The efficiency of wind turbines built in Finland has been growing in recent years, according to statistics collected by the Technology Research Center VTT. Last year, the average efficiency of Finnish wind farms was 33 percent. However, the best wind farm generated electricity at almost 50 percent efficiency. According to VTT’s statistics, the efficiency of […]

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According to FWPAs’ wind power project list a record number of new wind power projects are planned in Finland. The planned 18,000 MW (3,400 wind turbines) in production would cover more than 71 percent of current electricity consumption. Wind power can thus respond well to the increase in electricity consumption due to the fight against climate change and the […]

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Wind power construction continued last year in Finland and will continue to be active in the coming years. All 56 wind turbines completed in Finland in 2019 were built on without governmental subsidy. Most of the wind turbines produced in Finland are Finnish-owned. In 2019, 56 new wind turbines with a total capacity of 243 megawatts were completed […]

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