Empowering Estonia: Bioenergy drives energy security and the green transition

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Empowering Estonia: Bioenergy drives energy security and the green transition

Estonia’s transition away from fossil fuels, accelerated by geopolitical events like Russia’s actions in Ukraine, underscores the pivotal role of domestic bioenergy in ensuring a reliable and sustainable energy supply. At the heart of this transition is bioenergy, which has enabled the country to shift more than half of its heat supply from fossil fuels […]

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Latvia’s largest combined bio-heat and bio-power plant marks its 10th anniversary

This year Gren’s biomass combined heat and power (bio-CHP) plant in Jelgava marks its 10-year anniversary. The plant, the largest bio-CHP in Latvia, has improved the overall efficiency and security of the district’s heating system, favored Jelgava’s energy independence from imported fossil fuel, reduced the CO2 emissions from energy production by 90% in the city […]

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Empowering Swedish Sugar Production with Renewable Steam Solutions

On 11 October 2022, a ceremony was held to celebrate the completion of a new renewable energy partnership in Sweden. Nordic Sugar connected its sugar mill in Örtofta to Kraftringen Energi biomass-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant. The partnership ensures that sugar production will continue while also reducing the use of fossil gas. Processing […]

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Bio-CHP puts tampere on the road to achieve negative emissions

Tampere Energy inaugurated its new bioenergy cogeneration plant Naistenlahti 3. The new district heating plant reduces the carbon dioxide emissions of the whole of city by 20% and will make it possible to achieve negative emissions through carbon capture and storage by 2040. Built on the site of the previous combined heat and power (CHP)plant, […]

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