The construction of wind power is going to increase heavily in future Finland. There are several on-going projects waiting to be accepted. 1.7 percent of the amount of electricity produced in Finland was produced by wind power. For example, Finnish Energy estimates in its own future vision that the amount of wind power will increase ten times compared to the current situation.

Wind power companies have significant plans in i.a. Satakunta, Southern and Northern Ostrobothnia. My report is about how many wind power projects have been carried out, are being carried out and are under planning in these three counties. The author’s employer is Satakunta’s Society of Nature Conservation. I used the data from the Living-, Traffic- and Environmental centers, wind power companies and basic data search via Internet as a researching method. The results were amazing. In Satakunta’s vision the amount of wind mills would increase six times compared to the current state, and there would be over 400 wind mills in Southern and over 1 000 wind mills in Northern Ostrobothnia alone.

Wind power, like the other forms of renewable energy sources demands financial support in order to be profitable. Projects with their license processing and zoning are long processes which can take years. Financial aspects are often presented to be an obstacle for wind power. When looking at the efforts done for renewable energy producing in Denmark or Germany, one can only think, why would it not work in Finland as well? While searching for information, a conclusion was reached that when it comes down to energy politics, it is not only a financial issue, but also about the lack of political attitude. In the future, Finland will however increase the amount of wind power production as well as other renewable energy sources, although the country still seems to trust in the traditional and safe energy production methods.