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Estonia plans small nuclear reactor to quit shale oil by 2030
Estonia plans to build a small modular reactor (SMR) to wean itself off the addiction to polluting shale oil and meet its target of producing 100% decarbonised electricity by 2030. A vote in Parliament is expected “in the first half of 2024,” officials say.
read more... 22/01/2024
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Elering and AST to build a hybrid interconnector with 1GW capacity
Electricity transmission system operators Elering and Augstsprieguma tīkls (AST) have agreed to build a new interconnector between Estonia and Latvia.
read more... 23/10/2023
Finland Restricts Access To LNG Infrastructure After Suspected Pipeline Sabotage
Finland prepares to restrict access to a port area hosting one of its two floating LNG import terminals after an offshore natural gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia was shut down this weekend following a leak suspected to be caused by sabotage.
read more... 17/10/2023
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Finland says 'outside activity' likely damaged gas pipeline, telecoms cable
A subsea gas pipeline and a telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea have been damaged in what may have been a deliberate act, the Finnish government said on Tuesday.
read more... 11/10/2023
Baltic states seek to decouple grid from Russia
Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are seeking to disconnect from an energy grid network shared with Russia and Belarus by early 2025. Vilnius is pushing from an earlier exit from the grid, which Tallin opposes.
read more... 04/08/2023