Estonia needs its own floating terminal

"The plan of Elering, who is responsible for the security of supply, to cooperate with Finland has run into a dead end - the construction of the Paldiski harbor quay will be completed in a month, but we still have no information whether the ship and gas will also arrive at the completed quay," said Heiko Heitur, head of the Estonian Gas Association. According to him, the Finnish terminal will probably only cover Finland's own volumes in the coming winter, and it does not offer a solution for Estonian gas consumers.

"Contrary to what was promised in the spring, it seems that Estonia no longer has any say in this joint project, and on the other side of the gulf they only talk about Finland's security of supply. Estonia needs its own working solution for this winter," stressed Heitur.

"In a situation where the person in charge is now shrugging his shoulders and pointing his finger in the direction of others, the entire gas market expects the government to make quick decisions that protect the interests of Estonia - the government should make sure that the floating terminal rented by the Finnish network operator for ten years comes to Estonia at least this winter. Or Estonia has to rent its own floating terminal for a short time during the winter months," said the head of the gas association.

According to the gas association in Estonia, there are approximately 100,000 households that use natural gas, and according to a recent study by Swedbank Swedbank is a Nordic-Baltic banking group. , the continuation of the work of half of Estonian industrial companies depends on the availability of natural gas.

Natural gas dependence is highest in the food industry and heavy industry, and lowest in the wood industry. In the food industry, the production of 75 percent of the companies participating in the study depended on natural gas supplies.