Balti Eleketrijaam — Estonia

Balti Eleketrijaam is a 472 MW oil power station in Ida-Virumaa, Estonia. It ranks #3 of 18 Estonia power plants by installed capacity. Its annual emissions of 529,308 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 123k cars driven for a year. In context, oil supplies about 39.1% of Estonia's electricity; the national grid averages 319 gCO₂/kWh (59.6% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1022392.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as Engine. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

529,308 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest oil power plant of 2 in Estonia by capacity.

Estonia has 2 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 1,841 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Narva Ashfield Wind park · Wind · 39.1 MW · Ida-Virumaa
• Narva HPP · Hydro · 124.8 MW · Leningrad
• Eesti Elektrijaam · Oil · 1,369 MW · Ida-Virumaa
• Fermi Energia nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 600 MW · Ida-Viru
• Aseriaru · Wind · 24 MW · Ida-Virumaa
• Leningrad NPP · Nuclear · 4,376 MW · Leningrad

Location

Coordinates 59.3533, 28.1185 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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