Utilitas increased its green electricity production by 33% in a year

Utilitas, Estonia’s largest producer of renewable energy, produced 2.6 TWh of energy in 2024, 72% of which came from renewable sources. The production of green electricity increased by 33% over the year, whereas the production of wind power in the Group’s companies increased by 49%, reaching 303,000 MWh. A total of 2 TWh of heat was produced, and the sales of district cooling increased by 27% compared to the previous year to 3900 MWh.

The companies of the Utilitas Group have a total of 123 MW of wind farms producing electricity. At the moment, Utilitas Wind is building a wind farm with 20 wind turbines in Telšiai County, Lithuania, which will be operated by Latvenergo upon completion. In addition, Utilitas has a portfolio of wind farms in different development phases in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

“Renewable energy is the only solution that will bring down the price of electricity, strengthen the security of supply and create a cleaner living environment for us. The synchronization of the electricity network with the continental European frequency area is a success story, which also means that in addition to the construction of new production equipment, we must now also contribute to maintaining the frequency in our region. Utilitas was the first company whose electric boiler was qualified for maintaining frequency. Today, we have several units on the frequency market, including the Saarde wind farm, which also contributes to maintaining the frequency as much as possible and proves that wind turbines are not uncontrollable power plants,” described Priit Koit, CEO of the Utilitas Group.

Last year, the expansion of the Väo energy complex in Tallinn was also completed, thanks to which  CO₂ emissions were reduced by 30,000 tonnes per year. In addition to two cogeneration plants, the energy complex now also houses second-stage flue gas condensers, heat pumps, an electric boiler and Tallinn’s largest solar park. This year, a green hydrogen production unit will start operating in the Väo energy complex, supplying vehicles and industries with emission-free fuel, and Tallinn’s first heat storage facility will be completed by autumn.

In 2024, active connection to Utilitas’ efficient district heating continued: a total of 349 buildings were merged into the network in different cities during the year, including both new buildings and buildings transferred from another heating method and service provider. For example, last year, among others the buildings of the city of Paide and the Keila Industrial Park, as well as the Kadriorg Art Museum, the Mikkel’s and Miiamilla museums, the Office of the President of the Republic of Estonia, Orangery, Jaan Poska houses in Tallinn’s Kadriorg Park, started consuming Utilitas’ district heating.

As a provider of vital services, Utilitas’s priority is the security of supply, which includes the modernization of heating networks in addition to ensuring fuel supplies. In 2024, Utilitas built and reconstructed nearly 24 kilometers of heat pipelines. The largest works took place in the Tallinn City Centre, North-Tallinn district and in Keila.