4. FACTS ABOUT FINLAND
• The republic of Finland belongs to Scandinavia.
• Finland's neighboring countries are Russia,
Norway, Sweden and Estonia.
• Population is small compared to Finland's land
area.
-Population: 5,4 million people
-80% of Finland's land area is forest and 10%
lakes.
• Finland is a bilingual country.
• Finnish is Hungarian's relative language!
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7. Finland’s energy production in
2012
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Electricity was produced 67,7 TWh.
70% of it was free of greenhouse gas.
The proportion of renewable energy rose 40%.
The most important sources of renewable
energy were hydropower, wind power and wood
fuels.
9. Use of energy 2012
Industry 47,4%
Traffic 16,7%
Heating 23,8%
Others 12,1%
10. Used energy sources in 2012
Nuclear energy 44,4%
Black coal 13,3%
Wood fuels 9,8%
Net incoming 9,1%
Hydropower & Wind
power 8,4%
Peat 6,2%
Others 0,9%
Oil 0.4%
11. Strenghts of Finland’s energy production
• Certainty of delivery.
• Versatility of energy sources.
• Good efficiency.