Energy Supply
National resources
Estonia has very few conventional resources. However, it has important reserves of oil shales: 4 Gt (2010), therefore accounting for approximately 70% of the world’s oil shale production. Estonia has also large areas of peat land - peat reserves are approximated at 2 Gt. 54% of the country are covered by forests, and thus Estonia also has important reserves of wood.
Primary Energy Demand of Estonia, 2009
Primary Energy Demands per Capita in Estonia, as compared to other Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Austria and the current European Union 15, 2008
Development of Primary Energy Demand per Capita in Estonia, as compared to the other countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the European Union 15 and Austria, 2008
The trend of steadily rising primary energy demand, which is visible in the EU and Austria, can, in the countries shown in the figure, up to now only be seen in Slovenia, and, covertly, in Hungary and Slovak Republic.
Energy Balance
TJ | Solid fuels | Crude oil | Oil products | Gas | Hydro., Nucl. | Elec. | Heat | Biomass | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary Production | 138098 |
|
|
| 773 |
|
| 32377 | 171248 | |
Imports | 1233 |
| 47109 | 20255 |
| 10874 |
|
| 79471 | |
Exports | -2881 | -12407 | 0 |
|
| -10579 |
| -4598 | -30466 | |
Marine |
|
| -10950 |
|
|
|
|
| -10950 | |
Stock variations | -10115 |
| -2661 | 0 |
|
|
| -171 | -12947 | |
Primary Consumption | 126335 | -12407 | 33497 | 20255 | 773 | 295 |
| 27608 | 196356 | |
Refineries | -18598 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| -18598 | |
Power | -88854 |
| -446 | -4841 | -773 | 31559 | 5918 | -295 | -57733 | |
Own use, losses | -13430 | 12407 | 3647 | -5712 |
| -7852 | 14995 | -4063 | -8 | |
Final Consumption | 5454 |
| 36698 | 9701 |
| 24002 | 20913 | 23250 | 120018 | |
| industry | 4689 |
| 2590 | 4608 |
| 7421 | 2206 | 5167 | 26681 |
| transport | 0 |
| 28713 |
|
| 216 |
|
| 28928 |
| households, services | 694 |
| 3671 | 2042 |
| 16365 | 18707 | 18082 | 59561 |
| non energy uses | 71 |
| 1725 | 3051 |
|
|
|
| 4847 |
How do I read this table?
Example: 138,098 TJ of solid fuels were produced in the country in 2009, additional 1,233 TJ were imported. 2,881 TJ were exported, 10,115 went to the stock. The remaining 126,335 TJ went into primary consumption, of which 88,854 into power plants for electricity production. Of the remaining 5,454 TJ industry consumed 4,689 and households 694.
