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Figure 2.5:
Natural gas transmission network, Finland
INFRASTRUCTURE / THIRD PARTY INFRASTRUCTURE
The network of natural gas pipelines covers the south-eastern and southern parts
of Finland. In this area, natural gas accounts for about 30% of the fuels used in the
production of electricity and heat. On the scale of the whole country, natural gas
accounts some 10% of the use of primary energy.
Gasum is the natural gas transmission network system operator in Finland. Gasum
owns the pipelines needed for natural gas transmission and is responsible for
network maintenance and development.
The natural gas transmission network covers the south-eastern and southern parts
of Finland and totals around 1,200km in length. Preventative maintenance helps to
ensure the transmission network remains safe and reliable. The central control room
of the transmission system is located at Gasum’s Natural Gas Centre in Kouvola. The
central control room is staffed 24 / 7 throughout the year.
Gasum has also been in the process of developing a national LNG terminal in Turku
and a member of a consortium developing an LNG terminal in Tornio. In Turku,
the terminal would have a storage volume of about 30,000m³ and it would also be
used for b nkering. In Tornio, the storage capacity is to be built in phases; one
50,000–70,000m³ LNG storage tank first, with an option for another tank as the
demand grows.
In June 2012 the Finnish Government’s Cabinet Committee on the EU Affairs
approved a strategic policy for the development of the gas network and gas usage in
Finland. According to the Cabinet Committee, the State of Finland should promote
arrangements that will create competition in gas supply in Finland.
Gasum plans to develop the transmission network by constructing an LNG terminal,
Finngulf LNG, in Finland as well as a cross-border gas pipeline, the Balticconnector,
which would connect the Finnish and Estonian gas networks with a pipeline laid
under the Gulf of Finland.
The Finngulf LNG terminal, located in Inkoo, is planned to have a net storage
capacity of 300,000m³. From the terminal site a 20km long pipeline shall be built
to the existing Finnish gas grid. The planned LNG terminal enables the development
of both the up- and downstream parts of the natural gas value chain. In the up-
stream, the terminal will open global natural gas markets to Finland, thus diversify-
ing the sourcing of natural gas from the prevailing situation in which there is a
single supplier. Downstream benefits lay in diversifying the Finnish market’s con-
sumer base by enabling the development of a substantial off-grid market for indus-
try and marine use.
