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Power plants in Estonia

17 power-plant records · 2,542 MW reported capacity

  • Wind 76%
  • Gas 12%
  • Oil 12%
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Estonia at a glance

Power-plant records
17
Reported capacity
2,542 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
55.8%
Most records
Wind, Gas
Grid operator
Elering
Capital
Tallinn

Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Estonia

Liberalised marketCompetitive generation and retail

In February 2025 the Baltic states left the Russian-controlled IPS/UPS grid and synchronised with Continental Europe. Power is traded through Nord Pool.

  1. GenerationCompeting generators
  2. TransmissionIndependent grid operator
  3. DistributionRegulated local networks
  4. CustomersYou choose a supplier

Who regulates

Who controls the grid

Elering, owned by the state, runs transmission; Elektrilevi (Eesti Energia group) runs most distribution.

Markets & power exchanges

Regional grid

  • ENTSO-E · Continental European gridRegional grid

    Part of the synchronous grid of Continental Europe, the largest interconnected grid in the world by customers, coordinated by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.

What does “Liberalised market” mean?

Generators sell into a wholesale market, an independent operator runs the transmission grid, and households can choose their electricity supplier. Networks stay regulated monopolies because building parallel power lines makes no sense.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Estonia generates electricity

Electricity generated6.3 TWh
Renewable share55.8%
Low-carbon share55.8%
Carbon intensity343.5 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.03 TWh
Wind1.1 TWh
Solar1.1 TWh
Bioenergy1.3 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas0.08 TWh
Other fossil2.7 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Estonia lies on the eastern Baltic, with a low-lying mainland, forests, lakes and many islands. The northeast and the coastal landscape offer different contexts for its thermal and renewable generation sites.

Capital
Tallinn
Languages
Estonian
Major cities
Tallinn, Tartu, Narva

Geographic reference: European Union country profile. Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 17 records for Estonia. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

17 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

5 lack an owner/operator; 5 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Estonia

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Browse 17 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map
250 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map

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