Estonia ranks as the fourth EU Member State in the 2025 edition of the European Bioenergy Day campaign, an annual initiative organized by Bioenergy Europe to highlight the growing importance of sustainable biomass in the energy mix of EU Member States.
September 8, 2025, marks Estonia’s Bioenergy Day, as it did in 2024, indicating that bioenergy could meet the country’s energy demands for 115 days or the remainder of the 2025 calendar year, based on Eurostat’s figures for 2024.
The annual campaign provides key facts on biomass and the bioenergy industry. It celebrates people, projects, and companies that contribute to achieving European carbon neutrality goals across transportation, industry, space heating, and power, while ensuring energy security.
In the case of Estonia, which was also fourth in 2024, renewable district heating plays a central role.
According to Eesti Taastuvenergia Koda (Estonian Renewable Energy Association – EREA), there are over 200 district heating systems spread across the country. About 70 percent of district heating is derived from renewable energy or residual heat.
Furthermore, the future-oriented investments of heat producers, along with stable government support, in renewable energy and modernization of heat pipelines, cogeneration plants, and boiler houses have helped keep the prices to heat consumers competitive.
Powered by Bioenergy Europe, the campaign is amplified by national and international partners who support the idea that bioenergy is more than just a renewable energy source—it is a reliable pathway to achieving Europe’s renewable energy transition.
