Electricity consumption in Estonia drops 2 pct in 2011
Estonian newsJanuary 27, 2012
Baltic News Service, 27.01.2012
Total electricity consumption in Estonia amounted to 7.8 terawatt-hours in 2011, an amount 2 percent smaller than in the year before, the transmission system operator Elering said on Friday. Loe edasi »
Share of renewable energy climbs to 13 pct in Q3
Estonian newsOctober 31, 2011
Baltic News Service, 31.10.2011
Renewable energy accounted for 13 percent of electricity consumption in Estonia in the third quarter of this year, up by five percentage points compared to the same period last year. Loe edasi »
Estonian ministry wants to halve renewable energy charge by 2013 – daily
Estonian newsOctober 18, 2011
Baltic News Service, 18.10.2011
Estonia’s Ministry of Economy and Communications has brought out a bill to halve the renewable energy charge by 2013, the daily Postimees says. Loe edasi »
Giving free carbon quota to Eesti Energia not certain – Estonian State Audit Office
Estonian newsOctober 13, 2011
Baltic News Service, 13.10.2011
The Estonian State Audit Office says there’s no certainty about it that the European Commission will permit Estonia to give a carbon emission quota to the state-owned energy group Eesti Energia for free. Loe edasi »
Eesti Energia to start construction of wind farm on Pakri peninsula in NW Estonia
Estonian newsSeptember 30, 2011
Baltic News Service, Sep 30, 2011
Construction of turbine foundations is about to begin on wind farms of Estonia’s state-owned power company Eesti Energia and 4Energia on the northwestern peninsula of Pakri, Eesti Energia announced. Loe edasi »
Banks attach importance to regulatory stability and support in energy projects – survey
Estonian newsSeptember 28, 2011
Baltic News Service, Sep 28, 2011
When considering financing of energy projects banks attach importance to a stable and supporting regulatory system, it appears from a survey by KPMG. Loe edasi »
Electricity production up by nearly a half last year
Estonian newsSeptember 13, 2011
Baltic News Service, 13.09.2011
Estonian power plants produced nearly 13,000 gigawatt-hours (GWh) electricity in 2010, nearly a half more than the year before, Statistics Estonia said.
After an interim period of fall electricity generation climbed back to the 2007 level in 2010.
Electricity generation mainly grew due to opening of free markets and animation of the domestic economy. As more than 90 percent of electricity is produced from oil shale then increased demand grew the need for oil shale production by more than 20 percent.
Generation of electricity from renewable energy sources nearly doubled compared with 2009. Implementation of combination power plants fuelled by wood chips influenced growth in the renewable energy most.
Although the share of hydro and wind electricity was still small in the total power generation, or less than 3 percent, development in that sphere was remarkable. In 2010 generation of wind energy grew by more than 40 percent compared with the year before. Production of hydroelectrical energy has been stable during the last three years.
Last year oil shale production grew due to the consumption of local boiler-houses by nearly 8 percent. Production of wood pellets was 7 percent and of fuel peat production more than 10 percent higher than in 2009.
Estonia: electricity production up nearly 5 pct in H1 2011
Estonian newsJuly 29, 2011
Baltic News Service, 29.07.2011
Statistics Estonia said that in the first six months of the year 6,608 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity was generated in Estonia, 4.9 percent more compared with the same period last year. Loe edasi »