A subsea gas pipeline and a telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia beneath the Baltic Sea have sustained damage, with suspicions of a deliberate act

Finland’s state-owned energy provider has warned that there is “a real risk” of natural gas supply

The nation will now rely on its own LNG production, calling on the rest of Europe to do the same

The collaboration will further explore the maturity of small modular reactor technology and the prospects for deployment of one or several such reactors in Estonia until 2035

The study of small modular reactors will cover all aspects of deployment, including grid suitability, cooling, emergency planning, human resources, licensing feasibility, economics and supply chain

It is United Utilities’ last remaining non-regulated international business activity and is being sold to a consortium led by its existing partner, the City of Tallinn

It plans to manufacture around two million cells per year, accounting for an electrical capacity of 50MW

The European Commission has signed a deal to invest €187 million (£166.43m) in a gas interconnector between Finland and Estonia. The Balticonnector is the first gas interconnector which links the two countries and will allow Finland to enter the rest of the EU market as it is currently largely dependent on a single supplier. The EU funding will […]

A shale oil processing company in Estonia has been given a loan worth €35 million (£27.4m) for projects aimed at reduce emissions. The cash will be used by Viru Keemia Grupp (VKG) to finance the construction of two fuel gas desulphurisation plants – which will remove sulphur dioxide (SO2) from the gas before it is […]

Estonia has got a 15-year loan for finishing its back-up gas and liquid fuel power station. The European Investment Bank is lending €32 million (£26m) to the transmission system operator, Elering. Based in northern Estonia, Kiisa is the Baltic nation’s first emergency reserve power plant, previously it relied on back up generation from Latvia. Building […]