Finnish real estate asset manager Sponda is to buy electricity from energy company Helen’s Lakiakangas 3 wind farm in Ostrobothnia, Finland.
From 2022, 50% of electricity used by Sponda’s properties will be generated at Lakiakangas 3, with the remaining 50% to be obtained from other Nordic wind farms.
Guarantees of origin, issued for electricity produced from renewable energy sources, will ensure the electricity is generated by wind power, Sponda said.
Sponda’s sustainability programme objective is to achieve carbon neutrality for in-use energy consumption by 2030.
Sponda sustainability manager Pirkko Airaksinen said: “As a renewable and emission-free energy, wind power plays an important role in the achievement of climate targets, in addition to contributing to domestic energy self-sufficiency.
“As a major operator in the real estate sector, we have the opportunity and a duty to support the work to mitigate climate change.
“The use of wind power also supports the achievement of our sustainability targets.”
Helen director of sales and customer service Anu-Elina Hintsa said: “It is great that together with Sponda, we can promote a carbon-neutral future.
“We want to offer our customers services that renew the energy sector.
“The Lakiakangas 3 wind farm is a good example of a solution in which customers can buy wind power also in larger shares of the power plant’s production.
“The model is already in use when selling solar power; now we are also bringing it into wind power.”