1. Natural and renewable Energy in Estonia. Consumer approach
Tiiu Müürsepp
Director of Tartu Consumer Advice and Information Centre, Estonia
Riga,
Exchange of the best practice of natural and renewable Energy in Sweden, Latvia and Estonia

2. Why to produce energy from renewable sources?
Environmental influence of energy industry is biggest in the industry sector
Estonia’s electricity production caused 80% from total air pollution and about 95% from total water pollution (2006)
Europe Union climate policy: Emitted greenhouse gases diminish competitivity
Europe Union energy police: focus on liberali- sation of energy markets and use of energy sources with slender environmental impact

3. Eesti Energia energy production
an international company known as Eesti Energia in Estonia, internationally operates under the Enefit brand
94% of electricity is produced from oil-shale
Eesti Energia have to purchace quota ca 1 mln ton for 2010, price of quota ca 15 €/t
In the situation when emitted CO2 amounts are not covered with corresponding number of quota have the company pay forfeit 100 €/t in years

4. Electricity and heat for our homes 2009/2010

5. Eesti Energia overview
Source:

6. Sources of electricity production situate mainly in North-East Estonia, in neighbourhood of oil shale pits
So is our electricity system mainly “0ne direction”, for transportation of electricity from North-East Estonia to the other parts of Estonia
This eliminates electricity production working in principles of distributed generation, less till 2020

7. The need of generating power from renewable energy sources in Estonia
During the next few years, power generation from oil shale, which currently generates 93% og Estonia’s power may drop from the current level of GWh to 3600 GWh in 2016
This is due to EU CO2 and SO2 regulations, which first dictate to decrease production from older oil shale units and then cease it for good.
At the same time, power consumption according to prognosis increases from 7900 GWh in 2008 to GWh in 2016
Source: Leo Rummel, Eesti Energia power
production development department

8. Renewable energy
Estonian Electricity Market Act defines renowable energy sources as
water,
wind,
sun,
waves,
tides,
geothermal energy,
gas from landfils,
gas from waste water treatment,
biogas and biomass

9. Renewable energy
It would be possible to cover the deficit of power generation capacities in Estonia in the near future using only renewable sources.
He majority of deficit could be covered by a system consisting of 2000MW of wind parks and 1200 MW of pumped storage power plant.
About a quater of deficit could be covered – by biomass and hydropower capacitiescogeneration
If all the possible renewable energy capacities have been constructed by 2020, 70% of Estonia’s power consumption could be covered by renewable energy Source: Leo Rummel, Eesti Energia

10. The possibilities of generating power from renewable energy sources in Estonia
The power generation capacities from renewable sources will increase, since there are lot of renewable energy projects under development and some of them are already under construction
The level in 2008 was 1,5% of generation
By the end of 2009, it will presumably have increased to 9%
Then to 24,5% in 2012 and to 35,2% in 2016

11. The possibilities of generating power from renewable energy sources in Estonia
About half of planned renewable power will be generated from biomass CHP
The other half from wind energy in the cowork with pump power stations
a little bit of hydropower

12. Renewable energy produced by Eesti Energia

13. Eesti Energia produces currently electricity from wind, water and biomass
Source: /en /power/renewable

14. Eesti Energia plans to produce electricity from multiple energy sources in oder to reduce the emission on greenhouse gases
Source:

15. The importance of renewable energy in the Estonian electricity production is growing
In the production of wind energy the remarkable sprung was in 2005, afterwards is the production grown but slowlier, wind energy increased 47% in 2009
The production of hydro plants was stabiler and slowlier, increase in 2009 was 10%
Although the importance of renewable electricity is relative small, it is grown from year to year and constituted 2,1% in 2008
and 6,1% in 2009

16. EU support for wider use of renewable energy sources
In 2009, an application round of the measure "Extended use of renewable energy sources for the generation of energy" financed from the Europe Regional Development Fund ERDF was held.
In the framework of that round, 150 million kroons worth of grants were awarded for the reconstruction of boiler houses and district heating networks and the construction of combined generation plants
The application round was open to local governments, non-profit associations, businesses and foundations.
Applications accepts Environmental Investment Centre  

17. Renewable energy and fuels
Directive 2001/77/EC on the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy source in the internal electricity market ---goal for Estonia 5,1% in 2010
Directive 2003/30/EC on the promotion of the use of biofuels or other renewable fuels for transport
Goals for member states, biofuel 5,75% from sold transport fuels
Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources
Goal for Estonia 25% renewable energy in 2020

18. Research: Estonians don’t want to pay more for renewable energy
International research company GfK has provided in last two years research about environmental issues
67% Estonians in 2009 and 71% in aren’t ready to pay more for renewable energy, said PRB
Youth and especially students are the most agreed group to pay more for renewable energy
But for better environment
we need to pay for green energy

19. What will happen in 2013?
Consumers are affraid that opening of electricity market will not offer energy with lower price but in opposite, as the Skandinavian experience showed. High price is a serious problem for Scandinavian consumer.

20. Electricity price for consumers
price rised 3% - added was excise and network payment rised 1,5%
added was renewable energy payment 12,64senti/kWh = 0,81 euro/kWh
Renewable energy payment is payment appointed from state for financing energy produce from renewable energy sources and for combined energy production

21. Estonia is with their long coastal strip suitable for installing the wind generators
Source for this slide and for next 7 slides

22. Wind energy in Estonia
There was 142 MW wind energy installed in Estonia in the end of 2009
Last year (2009) were installed:
39MW Aulepa Wind Farm (Eesti Energia AS),
9MW Vanaküla Wind Farm and
16MW Tooma Wind Farm (Nelja Energia OÜ)
in total the wind energy capacity in Estonia increased by 64MW in 2009

23. Wind energy in Estonia
There was 142 MW wind energy installed in Estonia in the end of
The wind energy capacity in Estonia increased by 64MW in 2009

24. Wind energy capacity MW in Estonia
Source:

25. Windparks in developing
379,38 MW wind energy will be developed in ,
92,9 MW in 2010
126,98 MW in 2011
98,5 MW in 2012
61 MW in 2013

26. Wind energy projects
Wind parks developers and planned wind energy in MW,
Eesti Energia projects about 26%

27. Hiiumaa 700 Liivi laht 1000 Neugrund 100-200 Offshore windparks
Plans
Hiiumaa
700
Nelja Energia OÜ
Liivi laht
1000
Eesti Energia AS
Neugrund
Neugrund OÜ

28. Before the wind park set up
Environmental influence evaluations
Public discussions
Negotiations with local municipalities
Negotiations to join to electricity network

29. The most important bottlenecks are strict regulation and standards in wind energy production Wind parks in other countries can easier to join to electricity network

30. Combined heat and power production (CHP)
More environment friendly – less carbon dioxide emission
Produces energy as heat as well electricity,
CHP are built near their consumer, this allows electricity losses to be reduced and heat prices to be lowered
Smaler CHP are built in regions where the combined energy production is economically feasible and can ensure the local power supply with the lowest possible environmental impact.

31. Combined heat and power
Tartu 25 MW on biomass and turf working CHP station started up in January 2009
Väo 25 MW on biomass and turf working CHP station started up also in January 2009
Application: to built the Tallinn CHP station (litter and wood) 2x40 MW

32. Possibilities to produce energy from renewable sources 2009-2016
2009:Väo CHP 23 MW, Tartu CHP 23 MW
Aulepa WP 39 MW
2012: Pärnu CHP 22 MW, Ahtme CHP 22 MW
Narva WP 50 MW + WP 70 MW
2016: 500 MW windparks, Iru waste CHP 15 MW, Narva 10% biomass 43 MW

33. Biomass resources in Estonia
All needed energy could be produced from biomass, if to take to use 0,4 mln ha unused farmland and to grow there willow
1/3 energy could be produced from unused wood.
Turf and cane could be sources for 10% energy
+ Biomass generated in the agricultural sector- mainly hays
Source : Estonian Land University

34. Solar resource in Estonia
The price of energy produced by solar panels is 5 times higher than wind energy price
The price is not competition capable

35. Water energy resource in Estonia
Water resource in Estonia is small ( without Narva river)
Linnamäe and Keila-Joa hydroelectricity plants
Only 2-5% from energy production

36. Renewable energy
It’s possible to cover 70% from energy consumption in Estonia in with renewable energy
Source: Possibilities to produce electricity from renowable energy source, Leo Rummel, Tallinn Technical University

37. Strengths and weaknesses
Oil shale dominates in energy produce
Estonia’s todays electricity tranfer network doesn’t enable to join enough wind energy producers
Big renewable energy sources

38. Application plan of developing scheme in Estonia
Renewable energy:
17,5% in % in 2020
CHP in electricity brutoconsum
10,2% in % in 2020
Fuels on base renewable energy sources:
0,06% in % in 2020
Source:

39. Renewable energy
Renewable energy production is in Estonia on good level but there are some potentitals to develop forward
Supports for produce of renewable energy in Estonia are good for local municipalities, NGOs,
But there isn’t any support or advantage for using renewable energy at home economics

40. Thank you for attention!
Tiiu Müürsepp
Tartu Tarbijanõustamis- ja Infokeskus
Tartu Consumer Advice and Information Centre