Fingrid’s new Simojoki substation
Finland, Simo: Wind power production is growing strongly in Finland, particularly focusing on western and northern Finland.
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Finland, Simo: Wind power production is growing strongly in Finland, particularly focusing on western and northern Finland.
Fingrid is building a new substation in the municipality of Simo in Lapland to ensure the connection of the area’s growing wind power production to the main grid.
Wind power production is growing strongly in Finland, with that growth particularly focused on western and northern Finland. In the province of Lapland lies the municipality of Simo, where Fingrid is now building the new Simojoki substation. The construction of hundreds of megawatts of new wind power production is planned in the area, so the new substation is needed to strengthen the grid.
Fingrid Oyj has signed a contract on the project’s excavation work with Kreate Oy, and a contract on the substation with TMV Service Oy also. The Simojoki substation is scheduled to go live in November or December 2021.
The new substation will be implemented as a 110-kV switching station. The project also prepares the substation for the later construction of a 400/110-kV transformer and 400-kV switching station. The substation will be connected to the main grid with a new 110-kV double-circuit tower transmission line. The connection to the new substation will be made from Fingrid’s current Isohaara–Isokangas line. The necessary wind farm connection lines will be drawn to the Simojoki substation at the same time.