%0 Research Notes
%T The peat industry in the 1940s
%A Ranta, Kosti
%D 1989
%J Suo - Mires and peat
%V 40
%N 2-3
%U http://suo.fi/article/9659
%X Fuel peat production in Finland has usually been tied in with fuel crises in the world market. After the Second World War the most severe crisis was in 1945, when 98% of the country's energy consumption was supplied by indigenous fuels. The increase in coal imports in the late 1940s caused difficulties in the marketing of peat. Between 1945 and 1955 a law enabled the production and use of fuel peat to increase. The intention was not to solve the whole energy need of Finland with peat but to ensure the lives of people during those difficult times. Today we have a large peat production capacity, efficient power plants, and a high level of peat research in Finland.

Keywords: Energy, peat