{"id":425054,"date":"2026-02-07T14:44:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T13:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=425054"},"modified":"2026-02-07T14:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T13:44:51","slug":"finland-regrets-its-green-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=425054","title":{"rendered":"Finland Regrets Its Green\u00a0Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In early February 2026 (and late January), Finland experienced an extended cold spell with temperatures dropping to -20\u00b0C or lower in key wind- heavy regions like western Ostrobothnia, combined with low-lying fog and calm winds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Icing is a recurring issue for wind in Nordic countries (though many modern turbines have de-icing tech like blade heaters or coatings, not all deployments do, and extreme fog exacerbates it). Low wind (Dunkelflaute-like conditions) compounds the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renewables make grids “fragile” or “Fubar”. The phrase “Fubar” is a military slang for “Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But mainstream sources (Bloomberg, Helsinki Times, Fingrid data) frame it as a manageable winter hiccup, not a collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Science Matters tells the whole story about Finland’s renewable- heavy energy systems.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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By\u00a0Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cImagine an argument so airtight about science so settled
over technology so reliable that you have to use censorship
to make sure nobody gives a dissenting opinion.\u201d  @ProctorZ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tyler Durden reports at zerohedge \u201cElectricity Market Is Fubar\u201d: Finland Wind Turbine Blades Freeze, Curbing Green Power Output. <\/strong><\/a> Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finland<\/strong> has prided itself as a global leader in decarbonization<\/strong>, boasting the second-highest share of renewables<\/strong> in final energy consumption across the EU.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the green utopia narrative has cracked under the strain of a brutal winter,
as cold weather has brought wind power generation to a near standstill.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the country\u2019s wind capacity<\/strong> is concentrated in western Finland, where temperatures are well below freezing,<\/strong> and these adverse weather conditions have led to dangerous ice buildup on turbine blades.<\/strong> According to Bloomberg, this forced the grid operator Fingrid Oyj to curtail wind power output.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Primary energy sources in Finland 2017. All fossil fuels should be replaced by clean energy sources.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are low fog clouds<\/strong> in Finland\u2019s main wind power production area, roughly at the height of turbine blades<\/strong>, which are causing new ice to form,\u201d Pia Isol\u00e4hteenm\u00e4ki, an adviser at industry consultant Kjeller Vindteknikk Oy, told the outlet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much of Finland\u2019s wind fleet lacks blade-heating systems for extreme cold weather<\/strong>. How is that even possible, considering it\u2019s a Nordic country? Even the thinnest ice buildup risks equipment damage and has led to shutdowns this week.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bloomberg data show that Finnish wind output is expected to remain very low for the next two weeks. Meteorologists at MetDesk forecast that Nordic wind generation will remain as much as 20% below normal through at least the midpoint of the month.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result of the green utopia pushed by Europe\u2019s climate alarmists,
not based in reality whatsoever, is soaring power prices
that are crushing working poor households<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Wind tubine defrosting in Sweden<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Helsinki Times wrote on Sunday:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cElectricity prices in Finland rise to the highest level of the winter on Monday, driven by severe cold, weak wind conditions and rising weekday demand,\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Finnish folks on X are questioning the government\u2019s questionable decarbonization push:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dana X post:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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News from the \u201cgreen garden\u201d. In Finland, the blades of wind turbines froze.  The electricity production of wind power stations in Finland fell from 9433 MW to about 430 MW.<\/strong> Thus, they produced no less than 5% of the nominal power.  The culprit turned out to be Russian frosts<\/strong>, the possibility of which European energy companies did not take into account when implementing the \u201cgreen\u201d transition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Zeaqi X post:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finland literally has to use nuclear power to MELT frozen wind turbines, and we live in darkness most of the year.\u00a0How about focusing on reliable power like nuclear<\/strong>\u00a0instead?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Mari Luukkainen X post:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our electricity bill was 45 EUR yesterday alone.<\/strong>
Finland: nuclear power, hydroelectric, wind farms, one of the most technically advanced countries in the world.
Also,\u00a0Finland: people burning firewood<\/strong>\u00a0because the electricity market is fucked. I am sitting next to the fireplace shitposting on LinkedIn (that\u2019s why shitposting is very intense today). This is my energy strategy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In the US, a historic cold snap<\/strong> in the eastern half of the country led to increased fossil-fuel power<\/strong> generation to prevent power grid collapse.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Across the West, years of grid mismanagement by\u00a0climate alarmist policymakers<\/strong>\u00a0have\u00a0transformed<\/strong>\u00a0what were once\u00a0reliable grids into fragile messes<\/strong>\u00a0where working poor households bear the brunt of some of the highest electricity costs in the world.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is time to get back to basics and expand natural gas generators and nuclear power,<\/strong>\u00a0the only proven large-scale source of clean and reliable electricity. And it is also time to\u00a0hold accountable the climate alarmists<\/strong>\u00a0whose policy decisions pushed power grids toward the edge of collapse while promising a green utopia that was never going to arrive. And one can only\u00a0wonder whether the move to push power grids to the brink of collapse was intentional.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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In early February 2026 (and late January), Finland experienced an extended cold spell with temperatures dropping to -20\u00b0C or lower in key wind- heavy regions like western Ostrobothnia, combined with low-lying fog and calm winds.<\/p>\n

Icing is a recurring issue for wind in Nordic countries (though many modern turbines have de-icing tech like blade heaters or coatings, not all deployments do, and extreme fog exacerbates it). Low wind (Dunkelflaute-like conditions) compounds the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":425087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"Finland's winter woes expose the fragility of green energy. 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