In 2020, power plants produced 5,516 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity, which was three quarters of the production the year prior, data from Statistics Estonia showed. The volume of electricity produced from oil shale decreased by a half.
Helle Truuts, an analyst at Statistics Estonia, said electricity production from renewable energy sources continued to grow last year.
“Electricity production from wood fuel grew by 13%, accounting for a fourth of total electricity production. Wind energy production amounted to 843 GWh, up by 23%, and the production of hydro energy increased more than twofold compared to 2019,” Truuts said.
Electricity produced from oil shale accounted for 40% of the total electricity production. Heat generation in power plants totaled 4,518 GWh, down by 5%.
Electricity and heat energy are produced more and more in cogeneration plants. As a result, electricity production decreased by nearly 7%. At the same time, the share of electricity produced in the cogeneration process grew to nearly 26% of the total production. (ERR/Business World Magazine)