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EIC's offices in Tallinn and Tartu certified as European Green Office
Environmental Investment Centre's aim is to balance the economy and nature, both in the distribution of grants and in the implementation of KIK projects. We've also applied these principles to our internal operations. Thanks to this, the Estonian Association for Environmental Management (EKJA) recognized our Tallinn and Tartu offices worthy of the European Green Office certificate!
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EIC received funding to promote sustainable blue economy
EIC's international project received funding from the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.
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Nearly 500 million euros invested in Estonia’s environment in the past EU period
During the 2014–2020 European Union budget period, the Environmental Investment Centre (EIC) allocated EUR 130 million from the Structural Funds to projects in the fields of energy and mobility, 278 million to projects in the fields of water management and biodiversity, and EUR 76 million to projects in the circular economy.
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Up to 8 kg of mercury discovered in a shipwreck located in Estonian waters
There are nearly 700 shipwrecks in Estonian waters, 55 of which have been identified as hazardous to the environment – i.e., they are a pollution risk, covered with ghost nets, or have various explosives on board. The Environmental Investment Centre and the Police and Border Guard Board worked together to carry out underwater inspections of the three most dangerous wrecks.
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ELWIND received funding to carry out environmental impact assessment studies
ELWIND, a joint offshore wind farm project between Estonia and Latvia, received a positive response from the European Union to a request for funding to conduct environmental impact assessment studies.
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Grants remain available for the purchase of electric cars and cargo bikes!
The grant for the purchase of zero-emission vehicles, which was opened in February, remains open and the Environmental Investment Centre (EIC) invites all interested parties to apply for the grant.
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State supports implementation of ten energy storage pilot projects
EIC provided EUR 5.2 million in funding for ten pilot energy storage projects.
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Grant for the purchase of zero-emission vehicles will be open from 27 February
The Environmental Investment Centre (EIC) will open the call for grant applications for the purchase of zero-emission vehicles on 27 February. The grant can be requested for the purchase of all-electric vehicles and electric cargo bikes purchased as...
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Estonia is looking for green solutions for developing countries
The Environmental Investment Centre (EIC) and the Ministry of the Environment are inviting green technology authorities to ask for support for projects that contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries for the fifth...
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15 sinkholes of oil shale mines were closed in Ida-Viru County
In Ida-Viru County, the works to close 15 sinkholes caused by oil shale mining have been completed. In the course of the works, the collapses in the bottom-mined areas, located on 13 registered immovables, were eliminated and repaired.
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