AS Eesti Küttejõud (also: AS Eesti Kütte-Jõud; commonly: Küttejõud; literally: Estonian Heating Power) was an oil shale company located in Küttejõu, Estonia. The Küttejõu township, now district of Kiviõli, is named after the company.
| Company type | Private limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mining |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Founder | Union of Estonian Industrialists |
| Defunct | 1940 |
| Fate | Nationalized |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Emil Kuhi (Chairman) |
| Products | Oil shale |
Production output | 126,238 tonnes of oil shale (1939) |
| Owner | Põhja paberi- ja puupapivabrik |
Number of employees | 250 |
Eesti Küttejõud was established in 1922 by the Union of Estonian Industrialists. It was as the first private oil shale mining company. In 1925, the Tallinn pulp factory Põhja paberi- ja puupapivabrik (English: Nordic Paper and Woodboard Mill) acquired the company.[1] At the same year, the Küttejõu open-pit mine was opened.[2] Unlike other that time oil shale companies in Estonia, it did not have any shale oil extraction but only mining operations.[1] It sold mined oil shale directly for heating fuel to the paper mill and power plants.[3]
In 1939, the company produced 126,238 tonnes of oil shale.[4] After occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union, the company was nationalized in 1940.[5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Holmberg (2008), p. 105
- ^ Ots (2004), pp. 15–16
- ^ EPA (1979), p. 4-183
- ^ Holmberg (2008), p. 344
- ^ Holmberg (2008), p. 129
Bibliography edit
- EPA Oil Shale Research Group (1979). EPA program status report, oil shale. Interagency energy-environment research and development program report.
- Holmberg, Rurik (2008). Survival of the Unfit. Path Dependence and the Estonian Oil Shale Industry (PDF). Linköping Studies in Arts and Science. Vol. 427. Linköping University.
- Ots, Arvo (2006) [2004]. Toni Tyson; Mary McQuillen (eds.). Oil Shale Fuel Combustion. Tallinn: Arv Ots; Eesti Energia. ISBN 978-9949-13-710-7.