Priit Heinla Email & Phone Number

Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia

I am heading two interconnector projects to additionally connect Estonia to Finland and Latvia.

Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia

As the conflict in Ukraine has changed the geopolitical situation related to natural gas sources in the Baltic region a change in the sources is needed. I am heading the unit in charge of the construction of the FSRU gas connection in Estonia, that will allow for diversified natural gas sources in the region. I was heading the unit that was in charge of the construction of the additional supplysource in Estonia

Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia

The offshore wind potential in the Baltic Sea area is greatly untapped and thus a development called the Baltic Offshore Grid Initiative has been proposed. The idea would be to create a dual purpose grid - with simultaneous connection capacity for wind energy and interconnecting Baltic Sea states. That would allow to create more energy from renewable resources, create better connections between states and lower the cost of the future grid. My responsibilities as the development manager are to create a cooperation between other TSO-s, to find and develop pilot projects and to create political support that would allow for the projects to receive public funding.

Driver for the Balticconnector pipeline investment consisting of 21 km of onshore pipeline in Finland, compressor station in Finland, 77 km offshore pipeline between Finland and Estonia, compressor station in Estonia and 55 km onshore pipeline in Estonia. Total investment 250 million Euro, including 187,5 million Euro INEA grant (EU financing). Responsibilities included: Securing financing from INEA, permitting (including EIA process), preparations for the FID (made in Oct 2016). Later in project specific role as the Project Manager for the Estonian section of the offshore pipeline (pre-commissioned August 2019, commissioned November 2019)

Kiisa Erpp

Site Engineer for the 250MW Kiisa Emergency Reserve powerplant construction. As Wärtsilä does not have presence in the powerplant sector in Estonia I was the local contact for sourcing local contractors, sourcing needed infrastructure for start of construction. During construction time I was part of the site administrative team in charge of communication with institutions and usage permits for the power plant.

Studying the possibilities of integrating biogas factories in the area of Lääne-Virumaa; arranging meetings between TTU and transport companies; communicating with various institutions to obtain statistics on transport and land use.

I was contracted to write a research paper on possible locations for gas engines near industrial consumers in Estonia. This was also my bachelor’s thesis.

International Relations And Diplomacy

Master Of Science (Msc), Thermal Engineering

Cum Laude

Education record

High School