CleanEnergy

Elektrum to build new solar parks in Lithuania

Elektrum Lithuania is an electricity provider that is part of the Latvian energy group Latvenergo, and it announced on Friday that it plans to install three solar parks with a [..]

Lithuania’s Ignitis Group eyes participation in 2nd Baltic Sea offshore wind farm auction

Ignitis Group, Lithuania’s state-owned energy group, still does not rule out participating in the second 700 MW offshore wind park tender in Lithuania, its CEO Darius Maikstenas says. “We are [..]

2,500 km hydrogen corridor to connect six Baltic Sea countries by 2040 – study

Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany should be connected by a 2,500-km green hydrogen corridor by 2040 and it should be used to transport up to 2.7 million tons [..]

Solar, wind power capacity up 30 pct to 3 GW in Lithuania – TSO

The capacity of solar and wind power farms operating in Lithuania grew 30 percent in the first eights months to 3 gigawatts (GW), from 2.3 GW at the beginning of [..]

61 pct of Estonian population in favor of deployment of nuclear energy

More than half, or 61 percent, of residents of Estonia are positive about the possible introduction of nuclear energy, a poll taken in May shows. The findings of the survey [..]

Law to speed up development of offshore wind, solar parks in Estonia

The Estonian parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to amend the Building Code and other laws, initiated by the government, which is aimed at accelerating the deployment of renewable energy. [..]

Baltic energmins agree on offshore wind farm development

The energy ministers from the eight Baltic Sea region countries have agreed to phase out fossil fuels, further develop offshore wind energy and make critical energy infrastructure more resilient to [..]

Estonian startups invited to apply for funding for green technology development

The Estonian Environmental Investment Center (KIK) opened a call for applications on Wednesday to support the development of innovative green technologies, and the funding will assist in developing technologies that [..]

Bolt, Eleport launch electric vehicle charging loyalty program

Estonian mobility provider Bolt and developer of electric car charging networks Eleport have expanded their partnership and launched on Friday a loyalty program for ride-sharing service drivers who use electric [..]

Eesti Energia adds 100th electric car to its fleet

The state-owned Estonian energy group Eesti Energia has reached a significant milestone by adding the 100th electric vehicle to its fleet. Eesti Energia has consistently worked towards increasing the proportion [..]

Sales of eco-friendly cars significantly increased – electric cars in up by 179 percent and hybrid cars grew by an 90 percent in November

Vehicle statistics by the Estonian Transport Administration show that the first registration of new passenger cars in November increased 27 percent compared to the same month last year, with hybrid [..]

Circle K launches new automatic charging service in Estonia

Starting from Monday, all Circle K ultra-fast chargers across Estonia allow “plug and charge Autocharge” charging, a new convenient and easy way to charge an electric vehicle and pay for [..]

Technological advancements onboard Tallink Grupp’s vessels reduce the negative environmental impact of ships

Tallink Grupp’s passenger ferry Baltic Queen, operating on the company’s Tallinn-Stockholm route, underwent recently, in early September this year, a planned technical maintenance in Naantali, Finland, where, in addition to [..]

Largest green technology exhibition in Estonian history opens to visitors

From Tuesday to Friday, the public is invited to visit the largest green technology exhibition in Estonian history, NEXPO Tallinn. In this sustainability-focused exhibition, nearly 80 exhibitors from various countries [..]

Alexela to open first hydrogen filling stations in Tallinn in 2024

Estonian energy group Alexela will open two green hydrogen filling stations in Tallinn in October of next year, one of them will be a filling station for passenger cars on [..]

Latvia is open to German investment in innovative technologies and renewable energy – Karins

Latvia is open to German investment in innovative technologies and renewable energy, especially the development of offshore wind farms, Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins (New Unity) told his German colleague Annalena [..]

EUR 8 million worth solar park to be inaugurated in Carnikava next week

Solar park Carnikavas SES, worth about EUR 8 million, will be inaugurated in Carnikava next Wednesday, November 1, at 10 a.m., as Merito Partners representative Agnese Ruberte informed LETA. Investment [..]

Volkswagen Group delivers 45 percent more all-electric vehicles in first 9 months

The Volkswagen Group has systematically continued its transformation in the first nine months of 2023. All-electric deliveries increased by 45 percent to 531,500 vehicles globally, raising the BEV share of [..]

Energy battery parks mark launch of New Generation Lithuania plan – PM

Lithuania’s four battery parks on Wednesday started providing the isolated operation reserve service at their full combined capacity of 200 megawatts (MW). Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte says this electricity [..]