A delegation from the EP Industry Committee (@EP_Industry) has traveled to Finland to learn about projects related to R&D, energy transition and digitalisation. Today very interesting meetings on the strong Finnish innovation ecosystem at @AaltoUniversity
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Despite uncertainties of nuclear energy, there are countries strongly betting on it. Like Finland, the EU country with highest energy consumption per capita. Today we visited the new #Olkiluoto 3 plant & the underground nuclear waste repository that will be operational in 2 years
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Nuclear energy represents almost 35% of the Finnish energy mix. 20% of wind power. 16% of hydro power and 15% of biomass are also noteworthy. Next year, Finland will achieve energy self-sufficiency, that is, it will stop importing energy.
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We also visited the @MetsaGroup pine sawmill in Rauma, the most modern in the world. In this plant, everything that comes from the forest is used, and even surplus bioenergy is generated. Precondition however has to be sustainable forest management, with biodiversity benchmarks
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And as last meeting related to energy, we visited in #harjavalta the under construction @P2X_Solutions site, which will produce green hydrogen and synthetic methane. The hydrogen economy needs clear European regulation and actions that encourage demand and scale up production
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We just ended the visit of the @EP_Industry committee to Finland. We were able to see how this Nordic country is at the forefront of digitization, innovation and research policies at EU level. As well as its great potential in renewable energy, which the country is deploying,
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Finland is a European leader in digital policies. We talked about it this morning at the University of Tampere @TampereUni , where we also learned about the leadership of the Tampere region in key areas such as 6G, advanced chip design and photonics
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