Finland met Kyoto carbon dioxide goals in 2000 - SF
Date: 21-Mar-01
Country: FINLAND
The decrease, stemming a lower consumption of peat and oil, means emission amounts now match 1990 levels as required by the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, SF said in a statement.
SF also said according to preliminary data that Finland's total energy consumption fell 1.6 percent in 2000 even though the country's gross domestic product rose 5.7 percent.
Consumption of peat took the biggest hit with a 17 percent decline, depressed largely by higher taxes and cheap imports of electricity, while consumption of oil fell four percent due to higher prices and warmer weather.
Heavy rains boosted hydropower production by 15 percent, while natural gas consumption rose a mere two percent, SF said.