Go to media bankNPP control panel . File photoHELSINKI, Sep 13The delay in the start-up of the fourth reactor at the Ringhals nuclear power plant in Sweden is bad news for Finland on the eve of winter, Jukka Ruusunen, CEO of the Finnish electricity grid company Fingrid, said on Tuesday. that the fourth reactor of the Ringhals nuclear power plant will not start up as planned at the end of November, its start-up is scheduled for January. Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant is the largest nuclear power plant in Sweden, it consists of four reactors. Located on the Varo peninsula, 60 kilometers south of Gothenburg. «Sweden plays a big role in the Scandinavian electricity market. Technical problems at Ringhals are bad news for us,» Ruusunen told Helsingin Sanomat. According to him, the import of Swedish electricity is especially important in Finland during the cold winter, when wind power generation drops. Ruusunen noted that he does not yet see signs of electricity savings in the country. «I expect results to appear. Consumption is still at a low level, and I believe that both households and industry will participate in the campaign (to save electricity — ed.),» he said. capacities in Finland became relevant against the backdrop of the refusal to import electricity from Russia due to a special military operation in Ukraine. The successful passage of the winter in Finland largely depends on the launch of the Olkiluoto-3 nuclear power plant, which operates in test mode at about 70% capacity. The full commissioning of the Olkiluoto-3 NPP is expected in December.
