This week , the wintertime has really add up in Finland , with Finnish wintertime temperatures . The market damage of electricity , which has already been high , is now getting even higher .
Nuclear big businessman plants and windmills generate most of Finland ’s office . It was expect that a new atomic world power flora would start producing at full speed in December . " But the new Olkiluoto 3 -nuclear force flora electricity production has been delayed more and more , and we must export electricity more to Finland " , articulate Niina Kangas with Kauppapuutarhaliitto , The Finnish Glasshouse Growers ' Association . She notices how growers are struggling and keep their greenhouses empty because they can not bear the electricity price .
Finland industryFinland swash 838 greenhouse company , half of which school vegetables , herb , and soft fruit , the other half ornamental plants . More than two - one-third of the approximately 375 hectare are devoted to fruit and vegetables . There are only a handful of with child farm . The smallest is 300m2 , and the largest is about 12 hectares . The ordinary acreage per farm is less than half a hectare . There is a growing trend toward fewer businesses , bear witness by the fact that , in 2016 , there were still almost 1,200 active greenhouse farmers .
extremely effective growingFinnish growers are do it for growing in a highly efficient path . Every year , there ’s inquiry being done on the clime impact of the sector . Recently , the Finnish Natural Resources Agency has reckon the glasshouse industriousness ’s climate impact in 2021 has decreased by 60 percent compared to 2004 . The significant decrease is explained by the fact that the use of greenhouse oil color as heating energy has decreased by 87 percent in the same time full stop . At the same time , renewable fuel have been used as energy sources . In 2021 , the contribution of renewable energy sources in heating plant was a sum of 56 percent . In addition , the total harvest level of greenhouse veggie has increased from 60 million kilograms in 2004 to 98 million kilograms in 2021 , which importantly reduces the mood impact .
" Greenhouse companies have made production more efficient and at the same clip significantly reduce emissions . Greenhouse companies persist in to invest in green grade of energy , which means that the direction will stay the same in the come geezerhood " , says Niina . However , it is unclear what the full output will be , as cultivator are dealing with high get-up-and-go price .
Wood chipsThe heating of the greenhouse is mostly based on renewable energy sources base on woodwind instrument and fields . The most common heating fuel in greenhouse is wood chips . The ploughshare of petroleum is only eight percent of the total energy consumption . The consumption of heavy fuel vegetable oil has almost melt . And even though cost have gone up quite a lot for that too , ultimately , the tangible pain sensation point for Finnish growers is electricity .
" The regime has not supported the growers care with the lift electricity cost , " Niina explain . " In spring , we got a bread and butter package , but that was because of the growing product costs of 2021 . "
Production stoppedAnd thus , the state of affairs is hard at the moment . " In September , we judge that there would be 50 % less tomato , 10 - 20 % less Cucumis sativus , and 5 - 10 % less gelt and herbs refinement area that wintertime 2021 - 2022 . Now it look even bad , specially for the tomato agriculturist " , Niina tell .
" Some growers have part of their electricity award fixed , but even some of those cultivator have estimated that the risk is too high , and it is respectable to take a break and carry on when the Dominicus embark on to offer up its energy again . "
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