HELSINKI, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Up to 95 percent of Finland's electricity production in 2024 came from fossil-free sources, including nuclear, wind, hydro, solar and renewable fuels, according to preliminary data published by Statistics Finland on Tuesday.

Nuclear power accounted for the largest share of electricity generation at 38 percent, followed by wind power at 24 percent, which surpassed hydropower of 17 percent for the first time. Solar power also posted significant growth, albeit from a smaller base.

Compared with 2023, wind and solar power production rose by 37 percent and 61 percent respectively. In contrast, output from hydropower fell by 6 percent and nuclear by 5 percent, the statistical agency said.

Electricity generated from coal dropped by 50 percent year-on-year, contributing just 1 percent to total consumption. Total electricity use rose 3 percent to 82.7 terawatt-hours (TWh), with domestic production covering 96 percent of demand. Net imports accounted for 4 percent, with Sweden remaining Finland's largest electricity supplier.

The Finnish government has announced that the use of coal in Finland's energy production would end this spring, after energy firms Helen and Vantaan Energia closed the country's last coal-fired power plants. The closures came four years ahead of Finland's legislative deadline to phase out coal by May 2029.

Finland began reducing coal use in the 2010s as part of its decarbonization strategy. The Finnish parliament passed a law in 2019 banning coal as an energy source, a legislation the government described as the first of its kind globally. Enditem

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