COUNTRY FOCUS: NORDIC
The Nordic region is a key player
in the development of Europe’s
technology landscape, particularly
when it comes to 5G. Nokia, as well as
other companies, is a huge contributor
to technology progression in Finland,
shaping innovation and contributing to
its Digital Transformation journey.
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okia has announced that it has
been selected by Fingrid, Finland’s
national transmission system
operator, to build an IP/MPLS network
to support the Digital Transformation of
its national electrical grid. Fingrid will use
the network to operate 120 high-voltage
substations and control 14,600 km of power
transmission across the country. The new
smart grid is needed to manage the growing
adoption of variable distributed energy
resources, such as wind, solar and micro-
generation using bioenergy.
As one of Europe’s leading users of
renewable energy, Finland’s power
transmission network is constantly being
upgraded in order to meet the changing
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character of energy generation. Solar and
wind generation, for example, require a
much more agile and automated grid to
manage the variable, two-way power flows
by automatically ramping and balancing
inputs and outputs. This calls for new
distributed energy resource management
systems, which need a highly reliable,
secure communications system to monitor,
control, coordinate and manage distributed
energy assets.
Nokia’s mission-critical IP/MPLS network
solution has been deployed by transmission
system operators worldwide – supporting
these new grid applications along with other
critical ones, such as supervisory control
and data acquisition systems (SCADA),
teleprotection and current differential
systems, which demand stringent control
of latency and jitter. This project is in
partnership with NetNordic, a longstanding
Nokia channel partner.
Kari Suominen, Head of ICT for Fingrid, said:
“We are committed to realising the potential
of renewable energy generation and are
embarking on an ambitious transformation
of our national grid to make it smarter and
more flexible. Nokia’s IP/MPLS solution
plays an important role in the Digital
Transformation of our distributed energy
resource management by providing us with
a reliable, secure and agile communications
system that has the potential to support all
of our power management needs.”
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