{"id":26566,"date":"2025-05-09T05:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T02:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/?p=26566"},"modified":"2025-05-29T23:08:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T20:08:44","slug":"how-can-electricity-go-wrong-dilemmas-and-failure-scenarios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/previous-issues\/no-51\/how-can-electricity-go-wrong-dilemmas-and-failure-scenarios\/","title":{"rendered":"How can electricity go wrong? Dilemmas and failure scenarios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"TextSwifttaandetaINGLISE lead\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The future of Estonia\u2019s electricity system is fraught with strategic dilemmas and risk-laden uncertainties. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"TextSwifttaandetaINGLISE\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Authors present three \u201cblack scenarios\u201d illustrating how delayed renewable energy deployment, overdependence on electricity imports, and rising energy protectionism could imperil Estonia\u2019s economic and societal stability.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Their analysis reveals that both bold action and undue caution in energy policy can backfire. Through expert consultation and scenario modelling, the authors highlight that stable, affordable electricity\u2014especially domestically produced wind power with adequate reserve capacity\u2014is vital for attracting industrial investment and maintaining resilience. However, failing to align ambition with infrastructure and geopolitical reality may push Estonia into costly dependency or unaffordable energy. Strategic clarity and composure are imperative to navigate this high-stakes transition.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The future of Estonia\u2019s electricity system is fraught with strategic dilemmas and risk-laden uncertainties. Authors present three \u201cblack scenarios\u201d illustrating how delayed renewable energy deployment, overdependence on electricity imports, and rising energy protectionism could imperil Estonia\u2019s economic and societal stability.\u00a0Their analysis reveals that both bold action and undue caution in energy policy can backfire. Through [&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":[184],"class_list":["post-26566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-no-51","topic-issues-of-national-importance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26566","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=26566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26568,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26566\/revisions\/26568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}