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> with green energy hubs like Finland and Norway In which way is Finland a green energy hub? If I look at [1] and [2] I see that in 2019 Finland's energy use
by hamoid 5y ago
> with green energy hubs like Finland and Norway
In which way is Finland a green energy hub?
If I look at [1] and [2] I see that in 2019 Finland's energy use was 55% fossil based. Sweden's was 31%. Coal was 5.10% for Finland, 0.20% for Sweden.
ps. I see there's worse... Germany 77.42% fossils, coal 17.53%. Still, I never had an impression Finland is a green energy hub (no waterfalls, no sun in winter). It is a green hub though.
[1] https://ourworldindata.org/energy/country/finland https://ourworldindata.org/energy/country/finland
[2] https://ourworldindata.org/energy/country/sweden https://ourworldindata.org/energy/country/sweden
- w-m 5y agoThese energy numbers seem to include fossil fuel use for energy used in things like heating and transportation. In the context of the article (battery storage), I think Finland is referred to being a hub of green _electricity_. Finlands electricity came from 18.64% fossil fuels in 2019, as per the same page. And Germany's electricity came from 47.43% fossil fuels.