In its report ‘Electricity Producing Households in Estonia’, the Foresight Center estimates that household electricity production will triple by 2035, increasing energy independence and reducing the environmental impact of electricity production but also requiring controlled production capacities and transnational connections.
Märt Masso, an expert at the Foresight Centre, said that in addition to large power plants, smaller electric power stations scattered across the country are producing more and more energy.
“Electricity produced by consumers accounts for about a quarter of their own consumption,” Masso said.”At the same time, the amount of hours when household production exceeds their consumption and the surplus is directed to the distribution network is only 13 percent per year.
Today, distributed electricity generation is dominated by solar panels, supported by the nearly six-fold drop in the price of photovoltaic cells over the past decade.
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