The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment appointed a coordination group on offshore wind power. The group will maintain a situation picture for the offshore wind power sector and participate in the preparation of the timetables and selection of wind power areas, which will be tendered in territorial waters and the exclusive economic zone.

Minister of Economic Affairs Wille Rydman will visit The Hague in the Netherlands on 8 October 2024 as part of Team Finland’s trade mission focusing on the maritime industry.

The reform would strengthen the consideration of the overall benefit of the national economy and the functioning of wage formation in the conciliation procedure. The Government submitted its proposal to Parliament on 3 October 2024.

In 2017–2023 companies, municipalities and joint municipal authorities that had joined the energy efficiency agreements took a total of 27,000 measures through which they have improved the efficiency of their annual energy consumption by about 14.8 TWh. These energy efficiency measures reduce Finland’s annual carbon dioxide emissions by more than three million tonnes.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment requests comments on the working group’s draft investment strategy of Finnish Industry Investment (Tesi). The deadline for submitting comments is 14 October 2024.