Finland's energy system for 2030 as envisaged by expert stakeholders

• Main Authors: Pasi Toivanen, Pinja Lehtonen, Pami Aalto, Tomas Björkqvist, Pertti Järventausta, Sarah Kilpeläinen, Matti Kojo, Fanni Mylläri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
• Series: Energy Strategy Reviews
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X17300482

To reach the 2030 decarbonization targets, EU Member States develop national strategies. We examine the views of key stakeholders in Finland to outline how those responsible for developing, steering and implementing the energy system assess the various solutions. The Finnish choices are of interest owing to the mixture of assets, constraints and path-dependencies shaping them. Our Q methodological analysis uncovers three main views: international competition and smart solutions; active consumers; national competitiveness and local solutions alongside a consensus upon which the implementation of Finland's own 2030 strategy can be built. The key stakeholders in Finland are ready for solutions comprehensively shaping the energy system, which can also influence several vested interests, existing business models and eventually break existing path-dependencies. Keywords: Energy strategy, Decarbonization, Finland, Stakeholder, Q methodology