Winter in Finland. File photoHELSINKI, Jul 31 Shops in Finland may have to close for a couple of hours this winter due to power shortages, public broadcaster YLE reports. full capacity of the new, third power unit of the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant, which is regularly rescheduled and is now expected in December. However, the Minister of Economy of Finland, Mika Lintilä, is confident in the positive developments that the plant will start generating its full capacity of 1,600 MW as early as September. «This winter, stores in Finland may have to alternately close for several hours to reduce electricity consumption. When it gets colder, power outages are possible for several hours,» YLE said, citing the operator of the main power grid Fingrid. — the operation of cash registers, the report notes. Like many EU countries, Finland plans to conduct an energy saving campaign among households in August, according to YLE. >British abandon vacation plans because of gas prices, media writesFinnish market is energy deficient with approximately 15%, the deficit is currently covered from Sweden. It is expected that with the commissioning of the third unit of the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant, the country will become energy independent. jpg» />Residents of the Netherlands stock up on firewood for the winter because of gas prices, media write
