40 years of CO2-free electricity from Fortum’s Loviisa power plant
FORTUM CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE 8 February 2017Finland’s first nuclear power plant, unit one of Fortum’s Loviisa power plant, was connected to the national grid exactly 40 years ago, on 8 February 1977, and electricity production for commercial use commenced in May 1977. Unit two was completed about three years later and was connected to the national grid in November 1980. Throughout its history, the Loviisa power plant has produced a total of 288.2 terawatt hours, equivalent to the annual consumption of over 17 million single-family homes heated with electricity.“The first Finnish