Energiapolar Oy is one of the largest electricity sales companies in Finland. The company's main market area is Northern Finland. Energiapolar has 80 000 customers and annual revenue of EUR 60 million. Electricity sales volume was over 900 000 MWh in 2013. Energiapolar solely concentrates on electricity sales and trading while working in close co-operation with the local network companies.
Shareholders of Energiapolar are (ownership in%): Rovakaira Oy (34,21%), Rovaniemen Energia Oy (24,34%), Torniolaakson Sähkö Oy (17,81%), Koillis-Lapin Sähkö Oy (15,79%), Muonion Sähköosuuskunta (3,29%), Enontekiön Sähkö Oy (2,63%) and Pellon Sähkö Oy (1.93%).
VR-Group Plc, commonly known as VR, is a government-owned railway company in Finland. VR's most important function is the operation of Finland's passenger rail services with 250 long-distance and 800 commuter rail services every day. With 7,500 employees and net sales of €1,251 million in 2017, VR is one of the most significant operators in the Finnish public transport market area.
Posti Group Oyj, trading internationally as Posti Group Corporation, is the main Finnish postal service delivering mail and parcels in Finland. The State of Finland is the sole shareholder of the company. Posti has a universal service obligation that entails weekday deliveries of letters in all of Finland's municipalities. Posti's head office is located in Pohjois-Pasila in Helsinki. Posti's history spans nearly 400 years.
Sähkö Recordings is a Finnish independent record label, based in Turku, Finland. Sähkö was founded by Tommi Grönlund in 1993. The label gained international acclaim by its minimalist electronic releases. Sähkö Recordings has also such sublabels as Puu, Keys of Life and Jazzpuu. Sähkö and its sublabels have released records among all such Finnish artists as Ø, Pan sonic, Jimi Tenor and Freestyle Man. Further releases are by Miss Kitten, Martin Rev, Uwe Schmidt, Mike Ink, MADTEO, and others. Sähkö was label of the month for Resident Advisor in June 2019.
Vaasan Sähkö Areena is a multipurpose arena in Vaasa, Finland. It was previously called the Kuparisaaren jäähalli and locals often use the old name in conversation. The arena first opened in 1971 and has undergone renovation and expansion several times. It is located approximately three kilometres south-east of downtown Vaasa.
Motiva Oy is a Finnish state company, which promotes the efficient and sustainable use of energy and materials. Its customers include both the public and private sectors. The Motiva Group also includes Motiva Services Ltd which provides companies and corporations with energy efficiency consultancy services and manages the Nordic swan and EU Ecolabel in Finland.
Fingrid Oyj is a Finnish national electricity transmission grid operator. It is owned by the Finnish state (53.1%) and various financial and insurance institutions (46.9%).
Future Film Ltd is a Finnish-based home-video distribution company headquartered in Vaasa. From early to late 1990s they were best known as the distributors of children's animation. Future Film's releases were dubbed occasionally by Golden Voice OY but most frequently they utilized the services of Agapio Racing Team.
Renewable energy in Finland increased from 34% of the total final energy consumption (TFEC) in 2011 to 48% by the end of 2021, primarily driven by bioenergy (38%), hydroelectric power (6.1%), and wind energy (3.3%). In 2021, renewables covered 53% of heating and cooling, 39% of electricity generation, and 20% of the transport sector. By 2020, this growth positioned Finland as having the third highest share of renewables in TFEC among International Energy Agency (IEA) member countries.
Wind power in Finland has been the fastest growing source of electricity in recent years. In 2023, Finland covered 18.2% of the yearly electricity demand with wind power production, which was 18.5% of the domestic production. Wind capacity was up 1.3 GW from the previous year and wind production up 25%. This compares to an average wind power share of 19% in the EU.
St1 Oy is a Finnish energy company and a part of St1 Nordic group that operates in Finland, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom. In Finland St1 Oy has a subsidiary called St1 Lämpöpuisto Oy as well as sister companies St1 Lähienergia Oy, focused on ground source heating solutions, and St1 Finance Oy that offers payment services to support customer loyalty.
Helen Oy, stylized as HELEN, formerly known as Helsingin Energia (Finnish) and Helsingfors Energi (Swedish), is one of the largest energy companies in Finland. The company, founded in 1909 produces and sells electricity, district heating and district cooling.
Nokian Footwear is a Finnish manufacturer of rubber boots. It was a part of Nokia from 1967 to 1990, when it split into its own company. It was acquired by the Finnish company Berner in 2005.
The electricity sector in Finland relies on nuclear power, renewable energy, cogeneration and electricity import from neighboring countries. Finland has the highest per-capita electricity consumption in the EU. Co-generation of heat and electricity for industry process heat and district heating is common. Finland is one of the last countries in the world still burning peat.
Fennovoima Ltd is a nuclear power company established by Russian state's nuclear company Rosatom and a consortium of Finnish state-owned power and industrial companies.
Taito Anssi Ilmari Joutsenlahti is a retired clergyman of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and a member of the parliament of Finland. He was most recently elected in the 2011 election, representing the Finns Party. In the parliament he was made 2nd deputy Speaker of the parliament.
Solifer Oy is a Finnish manufacturer of bicycles, boats, mopeds and travel trailers. The company was founded in 1954, and it started as a dynamo manufacturer. As of 2007, the company's bicycles are manufactured in Poland, boats in Finland, mopeds in China, and travel trailers in Dorotea, Sweden.
Aktiebolaget Vulcan was an engineering works and shipbuilding company that operated in Turku, Finland between 1898 and 1924.
Albert Ludvig Lindsay von Julin was a Finnish engineer, businessman and vuorineuvos.
Caruna distributes electricity and maintains, repairs and builds a weatherproof electricity network for its 690,000 customers in South, Southwest and West Finland, as well as in the city of Joensuu, the sub-region of Koillismaa and Satakunta. Caruna is responsible for about a fifth of Finland's electricity distribution. The CEO is Jyrki Tammivuori.
Petter Teodor Forsström was a Finnish industrialist, Vuorineuvos and the father of the Lohja lime industry. Forsström worked as Lohjan Kalkkitehdas Oy's managing director for an exceptionally long period of time, 65 years. In 1946 he was sentenced to six years in prison for treason after participating in the pro-German resistance movement during the Lapland War, after the Finnish government had switched sides.
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