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PJ1 6001 4001 200Net Imports ofElectricityOtherPeatWood Fuels1 000800600Hydro PowerNuclear EnergyNatural GasCoal400Oil2000| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1970197219741976197819801982198419861988199019921994199619982000200220042006Total Energy Consumption 1970-2007Finland has consistently had an energy import dependency greater than50% (see table) in its modern history. Current projections show dependencytrending down in the coming decades as the share of renewables increasesand plants achieve greater efficiency gains.SourceStatisticsFinlandEnergy Profiles 2005 (Appendix 1: Model-based Analysis of the 2008EU Policy Package on Climate Change and Renewables):CountryImportDependency(%)Share ofRenewableEnergySources (%)CO2 Emissions(Mt;EnergyRelated)GHGs EmissionsIndex(1990=100)EU27 52,4 8,7 3947 93,4Finland 54,7 28,8 54.1* 95.3*Sweden 37,2 42,5 48,5 99Denmark -51,6 15,5 48,9 94,6Germany 61,6 5,9 804,8 80,9*This emissions figure is misleading. In 2004 and 2006, Finland’s carbonemissions were on average 10 Mt CO2 equivalent higher because itscondensing power plants burned less coal than normal due to a very wetrainy season and increased hydro production.D3.3 Electricity Supply & Consumption:Over the last three decades, nuclear power became the largest source ofelectricity production in Finland. With the construction of a new nuclearreactor Olkiluoto 3 (the first in an IEA European country in eight years) to238