{"id":24482,"date":"2023-06-07T05:57:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T02:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/?p=24482"},"modified":"2023-06-14T15:06:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T12:06:24","slug":"quo-vadis-estonian-energy-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/previous-issues\/no-47\/quo-vadis-estonian-energy-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Quo Vadis, Estonian Energy Sector?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Estonia\u2019s energy sector is at a stage where we are facing a number of choices and challenges that require quick decisions, but it is also important to keep the focus on long-term strategies and targets.<\/p>\n<p>The Estonian energy sector has historically been dependent on fossil fuel, es-pecially oil shale. In today\u2019s world, their share is clearly declining.<\/p>\n<p>The target set by the Energy Sector Organisation Act to cover the country\u2019s elect-ricity consumption with renewable energy production by 2030 requires storage capacity, managed generation and consumption management.<\/p>\n<p>Production of renewable energy is fluctuating over time and requires efficient energy storage and management systems to ensure a steady energy supply. Besides that, it is necessary to strengthen the energy grid and create smart grid solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Our energy security is also important, as dependence on imported energy can create vulnerabilities and security risks. Estonia should use its natural resources, knowledge and innovation potential to achieve a sustainable and environmentally friendly energy sector. It is important to involve communities and citizens in ma-king changes in energy consumption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estonia\u2019s energy sector is at a stage where we are facing a number of choices and challenges that require quick decisions, but it is also important to keep the focus on long-term strategies and targets. The Estonian energy sector has historically been dependent on fossil fuel, es-pecially oil shale. In today\u2019s world, their share is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"class_list":["post-24482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-no-47","topic-focus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24483,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24482\/revisions\/24483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}