The Finnish summer is showing its best and there is an air of cautious anticipation. The war in Ukraine continues for the second year, market development is difficult to foresee and the rising...

Finland is currently experiencing an unprecedented interest in the construction of grid energy storage facilities. With more than 30 GW of new requests for storage connection, preventative restrictions have been placed on...

Finland was ranked no. 1 in the Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies.

The need for data centre capacity has increased significantly in recent years, and the breakthrough of digitalisation and creative artificial intelligence will further accelerate this development.

The recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned us that the current actions and policies against climate change are not sufficient in restricting the rise in temperatures to 1.5°C.

Though the coronavirus has thrown the oil markets into disarray, the pandemic is ultimately a temporary anomaly in the longer-term trends in energy sector.

For months now, the energy crisis has been a part of the everyday life in Europe. Everybody is talking about heating costs, the rise in the price of liquid fuel and the dramatic increase in the price of electricity.

The Finnish government has introduced a proposal (HE 42/2025) to amend the Act on expedited permit procedures for...

The new Finnish Mining Act has entered into force on 1 July 2011.

The new Finnish Mining Act has entered into force on 1 July 2011.

Energy security is not simply a question of price levels, however. It is a matter of investment, competitiveness and the overall functioning of the economy.

Amendments to the Finnish Mining Act entered into force on 1 June 2023, simultaneously with the new Nature Conservation Act.

For years, wind power construction in Finland was based on state aid.

Energy lawyers are truly at the centre of action. Europe's energy shock, set off by the war in Ukraine, flung energy markets to the centre of the attention of citizens, policymakers and the media.

The Finnish Parliament is currently discussing a proposal for the amendment to the Finnish electricity and gas market legislation.

On Friday, 12 December 2025, the Finnish Parliament approved amendments to the Act on Mined Minerals Tax that will significantly increase the tax burden on mined minerals as of 1 January 2026.

In November, the Finnish Parliament approved Government Bill 84/2013 on the Amendment of Land Use and Building Act (the "Amendment" and the "LBA", respectively).

The new regulation would mean a shift from operator-driven to state-led selection of areas for offshore wind power projects, as is the case with Finnish territorial waters.

"Vihreä siirtymä on keskeinen kemian alan kansainvälinen trendi – ja juuri kemia mahdollistaa bio- ja kiertotalouden.

Parliament has passed amendments to the so-called Act on Expropriation Permits (768/2004). The amendments, which enter into force in the beginning of February 2024...