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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. In 2012, Estonia mined 15.86 Different that shale oil—i.e.,

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ABB, KredEx and Estonia’s Ministry of Economic Affairs deploy first of 200 web-managed DC fast chargers in Estonia

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Power and automation technology group ABB, KredEx and the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Estonia, announced the first public installation of an ABB Terra 51 DC fast charging station for electric vehicles in Estonia. Innovations, which will provide first-line customer support and payment solutions.

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Estonia Debuts AI Chatbots for High School Classrooms

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Estonia has a reputation as one of the most digitally advanced nations in the world, thanks to its efficient digital platforms for government services and its startup-friendly culture. Siim Sikkut: Tiger Leap was a program in the ’90s to bring computers and Internet and basic digital skills to all the schools in Estonia.

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Varmlandsmetanol wants to build €350M biomethanol plant in Estonia

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Estonian media reports that Swedish bioenergy company Varmlandsmetanol AB is interested in building a €350-million (US $412 million) biomethanol plant in Estonia. We have the technology, we have the material to build the plant, but legislation does not allow for it yet.

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Tesla is using this technique to expand Supercharging outside the U.S.

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It recently opened its first Supercharger in Estonia, where Tesla has planned to open a station for over 12 years. And with our pre-assembled Superchargers, which often have become our highest quality builds. Max (@MdeZegher) May 6, 2025 de Zegher also said the pre-fab Superchargers are Tesla’s “highest quality builds.”

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Ultracapacitor manufacturer Skeleton Technologies raises €3.9M (US$5.2 M) in Round A financing

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We are already the largest ultracapacitor manufacturer in Europe and this financing round will enable Skeleton Technologies GmbH to follow through with plans to build ultracapacitor manufacturing plants in Bautzen and Radeburg in Saxony, Germany. Skeleton Technologies is located in Bautzen, Germany and Viimsi, Estonia.

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OPG, GE Hitachi to deploy small modular reactor at Darlington station in Canada

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Ontario Power Generation (OPG) will work together with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) to deploy a Small Modular Reactor (SMR)—the BWRX-300—at the Darlington new nuclear site, the only site in Canada currently licensed for a new nuclear build.

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