Energy consumption in Estonia

The most important figure in the energy balance of Estonia is the total consumption of

9.17 billion kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 6,891 kWh.

Estonia can partly be self-sufficient with domestically produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is six bn kWh. That is 64 percent of the country's own usage. The rest of the needed energy is imported from foreign countries. Along with pure consumption, the production, imports and exports play an important role. Other energy sources, such as natural gas or crude oil are also used.

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Energy Balance

Electricity	total	Estonia per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	9.17 bn kWh	6,891.41 kWh	11,744.38 kWh
Production	5.90 bn kWh	4,434.49 kWh	12,198.66 kWh
Import	7.37 bn kWh	5,535.22 kWh	185.15 kWh
Export	3.72 bn kWh	2,796.54 kWh	42.59 kWh
100.0% of the country's population (as of 2020) has access to electricity.
Crude Oil	Barrel/day	Estonia per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	27,500.00 bbl	0.021 bbl	0.062 bbl
Production	21,800.00 bbl	0.016 bbl	0.054 bbl
Natural Gas	Cubic meters	Estonia per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	417.11 m m³	313.39 m³	2,583.79 m³
Import	417.28 m m³	313.52 m³	239.57 m³
Export	0.00 m³	0.00 m³	567.66 m³

CO₂ emissions

	CO₂ emissions in 2019	Estonia per capita	USA per capita
total	10.18 m t	7.67 t	14.52 t
› of which diesel + gasoline	3.98 bn t	2,998.72 t	7,179.51 t
› of which natural gas	901.00 m t	679.03 t	5,073.94 t
› of which coal	44.00 m t	33.16 t	3,246.58 t

Development of CO₂ emissions from 1990 to 2019 in million tons
See also: CO₂ equivalents by country

Production capacities per energy source

The given production capacities for electric energy have a theoretical value, which can only be obtained under ideal conditions. They are measuring the generatable amount of energy, that would be reached under permanent and full use of all capacities of all power plants.

In practice this isn't possible, because e.g. solar collectors are less efficient under clouds. Also wind- and water-power plants are not always operating under full load. All these values are only useful in relation to other energy sources or countries.

Energy source	total in Estonia	Percentage in Estonia	Percentage USA	per capita in Estonia	per capita USA
Fossil fuels	14.81 bn kWh	55,8 %	59,9 %	11,128.20 kWh	2.06 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	19,5 %	0.00 kWh	0.67 kWh
Solar energy	530.86 m kWh	2,0 %	3,2 %	398.86 kWh	0.11 kWh
Wind power	3.80 bn kWh	14,3 %	8,3 %	2,851.85 kWh	0.29 kWh
Water power	185.80 m kWh	0,7 %	7,0 %	139.60 kWh	0.24 kWh
Tidal Power Plants	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	0,0 %	0.00 kWh	0.00 kWh
Geothermics	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	0,4 %	0.00 kWh	0.01 kWh
Biomass	7.22 bn kWh	27,2 %	1,7 %	5,424.50 kWh	0.06 kWh

Usage of renewable energies

Renewable energy includes wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy sources. This means all energy sources that renew themselves within a short time or are permanently available. Energy from hydropower is only partly a renewable energy. This is certainly the case with river or tidal power plants. Otherwise, numerous dams or reservoirs also produce mixed forms, e.g. by pumping water into their reservoirs at night and recovering energy from them during the day when there is an increased demand for electricity. Since it is not possible to clearly determine the amount of generated energy, all energy from hydropower is displayed separately.

In 2019, renewable energy accounted for around 31.3 percent of actual total consumption in Estonia. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2019:

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