Eesti Elektrijaam — Estonia

Eesti Elektrijaam is a 1,369 MW oil power station in Ida-Virumaa, Estonia. Based on reported annual generation of 7,303 GWh, it can supply roughly 2.1 million homes. It ranks #1 of 18 Estonia power plants by installed capacity. Its annual emissions of 1,238,792 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 289k 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 WRI1022393.

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

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.

1,238,792 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).

Key facts

Load factor

61%, from 7,303 GWh of reported generation

Generation trend

6,340 GWh in 2015 and 7,303 GWh in 2017 (+15%)

Highest and lowest year

2017: 7,303 GWh; 2015: 6,340 GWh

Share of Estonia oil capacity

74.4% of 1,841 MW across 2 plants in this dataset

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Reported generation trend

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 59.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 93% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 93/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1 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
• Balti Eleketrijaam · Oil · 472 MW · Ida-Virumaa
• Narva HPP · Hydro · 124.8 MW · Leningrad
• Fermi Energia nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 600 MW · Ida-Viru
• Aseriaru · Wind · 24 MW · Ida-Virumaa
• Viru Nigula · Wind · 21 MW · Ida-Virumaa

Location

Coordinates 59.2748, 27.9046 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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