The Olkiluoto nuclear power station in southwest Finland produced 14.6 TWh of electricity in 2020, meeting about one-sixth of the country’ total electricity consumption but representing a slight fall from the 14.75 TWh produced in 2019.
Operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj said Olkiluoto-1 produced 7.31 TWh of electricity with a load factor of 93.7% and Olkiluoto-2 produced 7.28 TWh with a load factor of 93.3%. The combined load factor of both units was 93.5%.
TVO said production at Unit 2 was affected by an incident in December caused by a fault in the purification system for the reactor’s cooling water. The incident led to the plant being taken offline, although it has since been restarted.
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