Origin of electricity for enterprise customers
Origin of electricity for enterprise customers
All of Fortum Markets Oy's electricity contracts are origin-verified. When our customer signs an electricity contract with us, we purchase the same amount of guarantees of origin equivalent to the electricity consumption of the customer. All our customers can also add the Fortum Yritys Alkuperä additional service to their electricity contract. In this case, the electricity has been produced from renewable energy, i.e. hydro, wind or solar power.
Origin of electricity for enterprise customers
All of Fortum Markets Oy's electricity contracts are origin-verified. When our customer signs an electricity contract All of Fortum Markets Oy's electricity contracts are origin-verified. When our customer signs an electricity contract with us, we purchase the same amount of guarantees of origin equivalent to the electricity consumption of the customer. This way, the customer can be sure that the amount of electricity corresponding to the company's consumption has been produced without carbon dioxide emissions.
If you have added the Fortum Yritys Alkuperä or Fortum Alkuperä Pro additional service to your electricity contract, the amount of electricity corresponding to your consumption is produced 100% from renewable sources. This is verified by guarantees of origin, which Fortum purchases in an amount corresponding to your electricity consumption.
Fortum’s business customers with annual consumption over 200 000 kWh are able to purchase the residual allocation of the electricity production, which includes electricity produced using nuclear power and fossil fuels, as well as the share of renewable electricity production that has not been sold separately as a guarantee of origin.
Total distribution and emissions
The reporting of the distribution of energy sources and emissions is regulated by the law based on the Internal Market Directive for Electricity. The reporting concerns electricity sold during the previous calendar year. The total distribution and emissions data is published when the production data for the previous year is available.
Fortum Markets Oy sold electricity contracts to both households and enterprise customers in 2024. Electricity was purchased from the Nord Pool power exchange and from smaller electricity producers.
In 2024, the origin of electricity sold to enterprise customers was as follows:
28.19% renewable energy
71.30% nuclear energy
0.51% fossil fuel production
In 2024, the origin of the electricity sold by Fortum Markets Oy to small and medium-sized business customers (annual electricity consumption of less than 200,000 kWh) was as follows:
28.51% renewable energy
71.49% nuclear energy
0.00% fossil fuel production
If you have added the Fortum Yritys Alkuperä additional service to your electricity contract, the amount of electricity corresponding to your consumption is produced 100% from renewable sources. This is verified by guarantees of origin, which Fortum purchases in an amount corresponding to your electricity consumption.
For business customers whose annual electricity consumption is less than 200,000 kWh and who do not have the Fortum Yritys Alkuperä service, the electricity we sell is produced using nuclear power. The emissions generated in its production were as follows:
Carbon dioxide (CO2): 0,00 g CO2/kWh
If your company’s annual electricity consumption is over 200,000 kWh and you have added the Fortum Alkuperä Pro additional service to your electricity contract, the amount of electricity corresponding to your consumption is produced 100% from renewable sources. This is verified by guarantees of origin, which Fortum purchases in an amount corresponding to your electricity consumption.
Enterprise customers that purchase the residual allocation of the electricity production:
The residual allocation of the electricity production includes electricity produced using nuclear power and fossil fuels, as well as the share of renewable electricity production that has not been sold separately as a guarantee of origin. Emissions of the residual mix were as follows:
Carbon dioxide (CO2): 390.93 g CO2/kWh
Accumulation of spent nuclear fuel: 0.86 mg/kWh
The origin of the electricity sold by Fortum Markets Oy to household and business customers in total in 2024 was distributed as follows:
32.41% renewable energy
67.34% nuclear energy
0.25% fossil fuel production
Emissions from the electricity production sold by Fortum Markets Oy:
Accumulation of spent nuclear fuel: 1.88 mg/kWh
Carbon dioxide (CO₂): 1.71 g CO₂/kWh
Frequently asked questions about the origin of electricity
Yes, electricity from different origins gets mixed in the electrical grid, so the verification of origin is done computationally. Electricity origin is decoupled from electricity production, and its sales are monitored separately under the Guarantee of Origin system. The system offers you, as an electricity user, the possibility to choose renewable electricity. Only electricity that has been issued a guarantee of origin can be sold as renewable.
The Guarantee of Origin system ensures that electricity with the environmental label is generated with renewable energy sources in compliance with Directive 2001/77/EC. The verification is performed per production plant and production time as part of an annual audit conducted by an external auditor.
In the case of nuclear power, the producer guarantees the origin of the electricity.
All electricity contracts sold by Fortum Markets Oy are origin-verified. When our customer signs an electricity contract with us, we purchase the same amount of guarantees of origin equivalent to the electricity consumption of the customer. This way, the customer can be sure that the amount of electricity corresponding to the company's consumption has been produced without carbon dioxide emissions and does not contain electricity produced with fossil fuels such as coal, oil or gas.
All our business customers can also add the Fortum Yritys Alkuperä additional service to their electricity contract. In this case, the electricity is produced from renewable energy sources such as hydro, wind or solar power. Since 2022, large companies (annual consumption over 200 000 kWh) have been able to purchase the residual allocation of the electricity production, which includes electricity produced using nuclear power and fossil fuels, as well as the share of renewable electricity production that has not been sold separately as a guarantee of origin.
Carbon dioxide emissions are a major cause of global warming and therefore dioxide-free electricity helps to combat climate change. Carbon dioxide-free electricity generation means nuclear power and renewable energy.
If you want CO2-free electricity that is also produced from renewable energy sources such as water, wind or solar, you can choose the Fortum Yritys Alkuperä additional service to your electricity contract. You can add this additional service to your company's electricity contract conveniently online or by contacting our customer service