On 10th June, the Sopi-Tootsi Green Energy Area was officially opened in Põhja-Pärnumaa, on the site of a former peat field in Tootsi. The wind park, consisting of 38 turbines, and the nearby solar park will together produce nearly 10% of Estonia’s current electricity consumption annually.
As of 7 June, Donatas Celešius will join the Management Board of Enefit Green, taking on the responsibility for the company’s development activities.
A rescue training drill is taking place this week at the Sopi-Tootsi Wind Farm in Northern Pärnumaa, focusing on the evacuation of individuals from a wind turbine nacelle. This is the third large-scale exercise of its kind in Estonia, but the first to be held in the country’s tallest wind turbines—the nacelles of the Sopi-Tootsi turbines are located at a height of 159 meters.
Innar Kaasik, Member of the Management Board of Enefit Green, will step down from his position at his own request, effective from June 7.
Last week, the Lasnamäe Rescue Team visited the Iru Power Plant to enhance their skills in operating an aerial lift truck. Over three days, they practiced maneuvering the lift boom along the building’s facade, reaching heights of up to 44 meters. The training aimed to provide hands-on experience in rescuing people from buildings of varying heights and layouts.
Sumitomo Corporation (SC), the integrated trading and business investment company, and Enefit Green, a largest wind energy company in the Baltics, have signed an agreement, which outlines the start of strategic partnership for developing the first offshore wind farm in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea.
Having assessed the situation on its core markets, the fit of the company's near-term development portfolio and the existing operating portfolio with the current market situation, as well as financing opportunities, Enefit Green has decided to look for opportunities to exit the Finnish market and sell some non-strategic development projects.
The Competition Authority has approved a price cap of €20.06 per megawatt-hour for heat produced from mixed municipal waste at the Iru power plant. This remains the most affordably produced heat energy in Estonia, which is entirely purchased by AS Utilitas for district heating customers in Tallinn and Maardu.
Andres Maasing, a member of the Management Board and the Chief Development Officer at Enefit Green, will voluntarily step down from the company's Management Board on March 4, 2025, to take on new challenges at one of Australia's largest energy companies.
The Liivi Bay offshore wind farm, developed by Enefit Green, has undergone an environmental impact assessment. The expert group identified that, with the implementation of appropriate mitigation measures, the farm has no significant negative impacts on the natural and human environment and promotes labor market activity and increases municipal revenues.
Enefit Green has reason to celebrate after successfully completing the recertification audit conducted by Bureau Veritas . This audit ensures that the company’s management system remains aligned with established international standards.
Enefit Green is developing an offshore wind farm in the Gulf of Riga with a capacity of up to 1,000 megawatts, which could supply up to half of Estonia's annual electricity needs. The wind farm would consist of up to 84 turbines, generating around four terawatt-hours of green electricity each year.
Two wind turbine blades, sourced from the Virtsu wind farm, have arrived at the courtyard of the Technology Beacon building of Kuressaare Regional Training Centre. These blades will be used in the training of wind turbine blade maintenance specialists, which is set to begin in the fall of 2025. They will serve as essential tools for practical exercises in material handling.
The Supervisory Board of Enefit Green has appointed Argo Rannamets as a Member of the Management Board. Rannamets will take up the role of the Chief Financial Officer, responsible for the company’s daily financial management, financing opportunities, and investment planning. His three-year term begins January 31, 2025.
On September 5th, Enefit Green opened the Silalė II wind park, its first new wind farm in Lithuania in several years. The company is close to completing the Akmenė wind farm and progressing with the Kelmė I and II projects. Additionally, all 38 turbines have been installed at the Sopi-Tootsi wind farm in Estonia.
Construction work at Enefit Green's Sopi-Tootsi wind park has reached a significant milestone with the first three turbines beginning to produce green electricity. So far, 28 out of the park's 38 turbines have been installed, with production starting gradually. The installation of the remaining turbines is progressing according to plan.
EBRD lends €100 million for the Sopi-Tootsi wind park in Estonia, with a capacity of 255 MW. Project will increase Estonia’s electricity generation capacity by up to 10 per cent. Sopi-Tootsi wind park will save 480,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year
Enefit Green and Swedbank have signed an amendment to their loan agreement, increasing the loan amount taken in 2022 from 50 million euros to 100 million euros. Additionally, the loan maturity has been extended to December 2028.
The Supervisory Board of Enefit Green has appointed Juhan Aguraiuja, who until now has headed Adven in the Baltics, as the new Chairman of the Management Board, effective from 14 October. Aavo Kärmas, the current head of Enefit Green, will step down from his post as of 1 July in agreement with the Supervisory Board.
Enefit Green, together with the Estonian Wind Energy Association, the Rescue Board and other partners, will organize an exercise on June 18-21 to practice resolving an accident at a wind farm. This is the second such broad-based exercise to be held in Estonia.
The construction work for the Tolpanvaara wind farm has been completed and all 13 wind turbines are producing electricity. In total, the farm produces nearly 250 gigawatt-hours of green electricity per year, which covers the annual consumption of nearly 40,000 Finnish households and helps cover the ever-increasing demand for renewable energy.
Enefit Green organised the Liivi offshore wind farm environmental study information days in Kihnu and Häädemeeste, where scientists from various fields presented the environmental impacts of the wind farm.
Enefit Green’s subsidiary Enefit Green sp. z o.o. and Polish development company - RES Global Investment sp. z o.o. join forces to drive the green energy transition in Poland. According to the signed Development Service Agreement, Enefit Green sp. z o.o. will acquire 100% of development rights in multiple early-stage onshore wind projects in Poland.
Enefit Green and Elcogen have signed a long-term electricity sales agreement, under which a direct power connection line will be constructed between the Iru power plant and Elcogen's manufacturing facility.
Enefit Green has begun the transport of wind turbines from the port of Paldiski to the largest wind farm in the Baltic States – the Sopi-Tootsi wind farm. Impressive road trains carrying wind turbine components can be sighted as they travel from Paldiski to Tootsi at night until mid-July.
Enefit Green erected the first 230-metre wind turbines in Kelme I wind farm (80 MW) located in Western Lithuania. A total of 14 wind turbines will be installed, which will start producing about 270 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy per year.
This week, Enefit Green has begun transporting wind turbine components from the Port of Klaipeda to the Kelme wind farm being developed in Lithuania. The transportation takes place at night to minimise disruptions.
Enefit Green is building the most powerful wind and solar farm in the Baltic States in the municipality of Põhja-Pärnumaa. The farm will produce over 770 gigawatt-hours of renewable electricity per year. Currently, all land improvement systems, roads, and crane platforms, as well as almost all foundations for the wind turbines have been completed. The installation of solar panels at the solar farm will start in the coming weeks.
The Ministry of Climate has approved the report on the environmental impact assessment of the North-Western Estonian offshore wind farm being developed by Enefit Green, on the basis of which the development of the wind farm can move forward.
According to the purchase and sale agreement signed today, Enefit Green sells Brocēni cogeneration plant and pellet factory in Latvia to Warmeston.
Vestas has received a firm order from UAB Vejoteka, owned by Enefit Green, for the Kelme 2 wind farm project in Lithuania.
The Environmental Investment Centre has decided to finance the production of green hydrogen at the Purtse wind and solar farm of Enefit Green, which will be used by Alexela refuelling stations and Go Bus hydrogen buses.
On Wednesday 6 December, Enefit Green made the final investment decision on the development of the 90 MW Kelme 2 wind farm in Lithuania. This is the second stage of a three-part development project.
Today, Enefit Green opened a solar power plant on the industrial site of the Estonia mine in Ida-Viru County. The company invested nearly €2.7 million in the construction of the solar park.
According to the purchase and sale agreement signed today, Enefit Green sells the district heating businesses of Paide and Valka in Estonia and Latvia to the largest district heating company in Estonia, Utilitas. Consent of the Estonian and Latvian competition authorities is required for the transaction to enter into force.
The initial positions of the national designated spatial plan regarding the electricity connections of the Gulf of Riga Offshore Wind Farm and the programme for assessing the impacts accompanying its implementation have been prepared. The prepared document establishes a methodological basis for planning and further comparing alternative route corridors, conducting strategic impact assessment and thereby selecting the final location.
Enefit Green enters the Latvian solar power market and starts the installation of two solar power plants in Adazi and Carnikava, the western part of the country. The company is investing nearly nine million euros into these projects.
The Estonia solar park, located on the industrial site of the Estonia mine in Ida-Viru County, has started producing electricity. The solar farm with a capacity of nearly 3 megawatts is the first in Estonia to be located on a platform structure made of gangue.
The September survey by EMOR reveals that Estonians support the wider uptake of wind energy, including the establishment of offshore wind farms near residential areas.
The first stage of the designated spatial plan for wind energy in Lääne-Nigula was adopted at today’s meeting of Lääne-Nigula rural municipality council, giving Enefit Green the right to proceed with the development of the Risti wind farm.
The Competition Authority has approved Enefit Green's application to lower the maximum heat price in the city of Paide. As of September 1, the price of room heating in Paide will be 76.46 euros per megawatt-hour.
Today, the 24th of August, the first wind turbine started producing green energy at Tolpanvaara wind farm of Enefit Green in northern Finland. With its 13 wind turbines, the wind farm will start generating electricity at full capacity at the end of this year.
Today, on the International Wind Day, Enefit Green's Purtse wind and solar hybrid park, which is a unique renewable energy facility in Estonia, will be officially opened. It is also the first large-scale wind park to be opened in Estonia in many years.
Today afternoon Enefit Green received information that a turbine had collapsed in Akmene Wind Farm Lithuania which had been under construction. Nobody got hurt in the accident.
In the former Tootsi peat bog area, intensive work is being done to build roads and crane platforms for the Sopi-Tootsi wind farm. The construction does not disturb the lives of nearby residents, but there is more construction equipment traffic near the farm.
Enefit Green has acquired the Liivi offshore wind farm project from Eesti Energia and will continue development work to start large-scale renewable electricity production before 2030.
Enefit Green's new Purtse wind farm in Eastern Estonia has started production and all five wind turbines have successfully delivered their first supply of electricity to the grid.
On April 3, Andres Maasing will start as a Member of the Management Board of Enefit Green, he will be responsible for renewable energy development and expansion of the company's development portfolio.
As wind turbines are being erected in Enefit Green's wind and solar hybrid park in Purtse, the first one has been completed. The installation of solar panels started this week.
On Wednesday, 5 October, Enefit Green practices solving an accident in a wind turbine together with the Estonian Rescue Board and other partners.
On Wednesday, January 18, Enefit Green signed contracts for the installation and long-term maintenance of the Sopi-Tootsi wind farm turbines with Nordex, one of the largest wind turbine manufacturers in the world. A good cooperation agreement was also signed with Põhja-Pärnumaa municipality.
Today, on 6 January, Enefit Green signed agreements with SEB and the Nordic Investment Bank in the amount of €325 million. This is Enefit Green's largest ever borrowing of funds, which will be used to finance their ongoing investment program.
On Friday, 30 December, Enefit Green made an investment decision to start building a solar park in the industrial area of the Estonia Mine in Ida-Virumaa. The solar park with a capacity of nearly 3 megawatts is the first in Estonia to be located on a platform built from waste rock.
Today, on 28 December, Enefit Green signed loan agreements with SEB and Swedbank for the refinancing of its loans due in 2023, worth a total of €100 million. The loans concluded with both banks have a five-year term in the amount of €50 million.
Enefit Green starts the construction of Sopi-Tootsi Wind Farm, establishing the largest wind energy area in Estonia. Construction of a new wind farm in Lithuania will also begin. Enefit Green will invest nearly half a billion euros in these renewable energy projects.
This week, Enefit Green’s new Šilalė II Wind Farm delivered its first amount of electricity to the grid. Four of the farm’s dozen wind turbines have been started, and the remaining ones will gradually begin generating electricity for the grid over time.
The results of the November survey show that Estonian people support a wider introduction of wind energy. The largest support is for offshore wind farms.
In all four new wind farms of Enefit Green, the foundations are completed, and the next step is to install the wind turbines. The first of the new wind farms to start generating electricity will be Šilale II in Lithuania where 11 wind turbines are already standing.
Enefit Green signed an agreement to acquire Tootsi wind farm project from Eesti Energia and plans to build the wind farms in Tootsi and Sopi at the same time. Põhja-Pärnumaa will thus become the largest wind energy production area in Estonia, doubling Estonia's current wind energy output. According to the plans, the wind farms will start producing electricity at the end of 2024.
Enefit Green is building a hybrid park generating electricity from wind and solar in Lüganuse Municipality, Ida-Virumaa, to be launched next year. Such hybrid solution for large-scale electricity production is the first of its kind in Estonia. Today at noon, the cornerstone of the first wind turbine foundation in Purtse will be laid.
On Tuesday, 28 June, the cornerstone was placed for Enefit Green's Tolpanvaara Wind Farm in northern Finland. According to the plans, the farm with its 13 wind turbines will start producing green electricity at the end of next year.
Enefit Green will build its largest solar park together with a wind farm near Purtse in Lüganuse parish, Estonia. It is the first large-scale wind and solar hybrid solution in Estonia.
Enefit Green signed an agreement to prepare a preliminary design for the offshore wind farm planned north of Hiiumaa. According to the plans, the technical analysis of the farm will be completed in August this year.
