Fortum - Company Announcement

Fortum to discontinue electricity production at Inkoo coal-fired power plant in Finland

Espoo, Finland, 2013-08-13 08:19 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FORTUM CORPORATION
STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE, 13 August 2013 

Fortum has decided to discontinue electricity production at its Inkoo
coal-fired power plant in Finland. Production operations will end in February
2014, after which the company will mothball three units. As a consequence of
the decision to cease production, Fortum will book an impairment loss of
approximately EUR 25 million in the Power division's third quarter results. 

About 80 jobs will be cut from the Inkoo power plant by February 2014 at the
latest. On 12 June 2013, Fortum started employee negotiations that affected all
power plant personnel. The employee negotiations ended on 24 July.
Approximately 90 employees work at the power plant. 

The decision is based on the weak profitability of the Inkoo power plant. The
demand for coal condensing power in the Nordic power market has decreased as a
result of the economic recession and the drop in the wholesale price for
electricity. Consequently, the power plant's utilisation rate has been low in
recent years. The requirements of the EU's Industrial Emissions Directive (IED)
will further burden the profitability of old coal-fired power plants. 

The decision to cease production operations was preceded by a study that
assessed the future alternatives for the Inkoo coal-fired power plant. The
other two alternatives were to continue the current operations or to partially
close the power plant. 

”Personnel reductions are very unfortunate, but unavoidable in this situation.
We will use a variety of means to support the job search and redeployment of
the employees who will lose their job. During the upcoming months, we will
study the use of the Inkoo power plant area also for other purposes because the
location of the power plant in the vicinity of the harbour may provide feasible
opportunities,” says Fortum's Matti Ruotsala, Executive Vice President, Power
Division. 

Fortum Corporation
Helena Aatinen
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications

Further information:
Matti Ruotsala, Executive Vice President, Power Division, tel. +358 40 048 7052
Pauliina Vuosio, Vice President, Financial Communications, tel. +358 50 453 2383

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Inkoo power plant's background

Commissioned in 1974-1978, the Inkoo power plant has operated in recent decades
as a reserve power plant and has generated electricity for the Nordic market
mainly during periods of peak consumption. The power plant consists of four
250-megawatt units, some of which have been off-line for long periods of time
in extended start-up readiness. 

The Inkoo power plant's third unit has been in the Energy Market Authority's
capacity reserve from October 2011 to the end of June 2013. Inkoo power plant
was not selected this spring for a continuation period. On 27 March 2013,
Fortum notified the Nordic power exchange, Nord Pool Spot, that it will close
the power plant's unit four, which had not been in operation at all since 2008.
After the notification, the power plant's total capacity decreased to 750
megawatts.