GreenTechnology

Signet Bank grants €2.6 million in funding to AJ Power Corporate Group for energy storage technology development

Signet Bank has provided €2.6 million in funding to AJ Power Corporate Group, one of the leading private capital groups in Latvia, operating in the energy and waste management sectors. [..]

Danish company to build battery storage park in Lithuania

The Danish renewable energy company European Energy has announced plans to build a 12-megawatt (MW) battery storage facility near the northwestern Lithuanian town of Telšiai and to link it to [..]

Tesla opens its 1st pop-up store in Lithuania

US electric car giant Tesla has opened its first pop-up store in Lithuania, the company said on Thursday. The Tesla pop-up has been opened at the Akropolis shopping mall in [..]

Oruga start-up plans to launch the world’s first electric-assisted track motorcycles next year

An off-road motorcycle that can be ridden in mountains, swamps, sand and ice seemed only possible in fantasy novels a few years ago, but Latvian start-up Oruga has achieved the [..]

Biomedical start-up PrintyMed plans to start exporting artificial spider silk products next year

Innovative biomedical start-up PrintyMed has developed an artificial spider silk, a unique biomaterial intended for diverse medical applications, including the creation of artificial organs to save numerous lives. Next year, [..]

LHV: Electric car market becoming more active in Estonia

While electric cars have so far been considered a choice for wealthier individuals, more favorable financing conditions and a wider range of lower-priced electric vehicles could make them popular among [..]

Estonia, Latvia to explore possibilities for production of sustainable aviation fuels

Estonia and Latvia are to study the potential for producing sustainable, meaning more environmentally friendly, aviation fuels in the Baltic Sea region, with the European Commission allocating 200,000 euros to [..]

NetZero Pilot Cities CO2 reduction project to be implemented in Riga from May 1

From May 1, Riga City Municipality will participate in the NetZero Pilot Cities project together with several other European cities with the aim to promote reduction of CO2 emission in [..]

KIK to support industrial cos’ resource efficiency investments

Starting April 23, industrial enterprises in Estonia can begin submitting applications to request support for investments aimed at increasing their resource and energy efficiency and reducing the use of natural [..]

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 [..]

Estonian company Fibenol investing €700 million in biorefinery in Latvia

Estonian company Fibenol is investing €700 million in a biorefinery in Latvia. As recently as 2022, the company’s main shareholder Raul Kirjanen, had not ruled out the possibility of building [..]

Tallinn Airport joins BSR HyAirport project for the adoption of hydrogen in aviation

Tallinn Airport has joined the Baltic Sea region (BSR) HyAirport project, which aims to amass knowledge and create conditions for the adoption of hydrogen in aviation. The three-year project involves [..]

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 [..]

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 [..]