Total output of Olkiluoto 2 reached 200 TWh

In the morning of 1 November 2013, TVO's Olkiluoto 2 nuclear plant unit achieved the milestone of 200 TWh in commercial production. 

Olkiluoto 2 began commercial operation in 1982. After the first few years, the plant unit's load factor has remained constant at a high international level. After the modernizations carried out during annual outages, the net output of both Olkiluoto 1 and Olkiluoto 2 is 880 MW.

In 2012, Olkiluoto 2 produced a total of 7.48 TWh of electricity. The result was the best in the operating history of the Olkiluoto plant units. The load factor of OL2 also reached a record value at 96.9%. "The record output was possible due to a short annual outage, trouble-free operation and the improvements carried out during annual outage. The output will continue to be good this year, although a generator failure caused a momentary drop in the production diagram in September," says Mikko Kosonen, Senior Vice President, Production.

Electricity produced by TVO is consumed in almost all of Finland in about 140 municipalities – in homes, industry, agriculture and services. The 200 TWh produced by Olkiluoto 2 would cover the entire Finnish consumption of electricity for more than two years.

For further information, please contact:

Mikko Kosonen, Senior Vice President, Production, tel. +358 2 8381 2100.

Teollisuuden Voima Oyj is a Finnish nuclear power company founded in 1969 for safe and reliable production of electric energy to the Finnish society at a reasonable price. The nuclear power generated at TVO's Olkiluoto plants accounted in 2012 for ca. one sixth of the total energy consumption in Finland. Clean energy production not only benefits the Finnish society but also contributes to the global reduction of environmental impact.