IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/engenv/v15y2004i2p215-221.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Planned Fifth Nuclear Reactor in Finland, and its Institutional Framework

Author

Listed:
  • Anneli Nikula
  • Martti Kätkä

Abstract

The institutional framework and the role of the companies are of key importance in considering an investment in new nuclear capacity in a country. In Finland, Teollisuuden Voima Oy (TVO) is a privately owned power company, which supplies electricity to its shareholders at cost. TVO received 24.5.2002 a positive decision in principle from the Finnish Parliament, which enables the construction process of a new nuclear unit. In this paper the arguments for more nuclear power and cost comparison of power generation are described. Also the capacity in Finland and Scandinavia, the need of new power plants and the political decision process of a new nuclear unit are discussed. One argument of TVO's application was the need of competitive and CO 2 free generating capacity. The higher than expected growth of electricity consumption, the rise of electricity price and the increase in carbon dioxide emissions have made these arguments even more valid.

Suggested Citation

  • Anneli Nikula & Martti Kätkä, 2004. "The Planned Fifth Nuclear Reactor in Finland, and its Institutional Framework," Energy & Environment, , vol. 15(2), pages 215-221, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:engenv:v:15:y:2004:i:2:p:215-221
    DOI: 10.1260/095830504323153414
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1260/095830504323153414
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1260/095830504323153414?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:engenv:v:15:y:2004:i:2:p:215-221. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.