With gas prices skyrocketing, Lithuanian cities – in particular Vilnius – are desperately looking for ways to cut heating bills. Among the suggestions is burning mazut, a low quality and very polluting fuel oil, which has drawn criticism from environmentalists and politicians. Lithuania’s major cities assure that they can cope with the energy challenges and…
Lithuania would have no difficulty meeting the European Commission’s recommendation to reduce its natural gas consumption in case there are shortages in winter, Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys said on July 20. “The biggest discussion is about reducing gas use by 15%, but that reduction could only be required when there is an emergency,” he told…
The Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK) will consider an initiative to ban business relations with Russia, the committee chairman Laurynas Kasciunas has said. “We will soon have an NSGK meeting not only on this issue but also on the analysis of Russia’s participation in the market and Russia’s impact on our economy…
Floating stations are being anchored in the Baltic Sea to carry out hydrometeorological measurements as Lithuania prepares to build its first offshore wind farm, the Lithuanian Energy Agency has said. The equipment, delivered and installed by Spain’s Eolos Floating Lidar Solutions, will provide data on wind speed and direction, atmospheric pressure, air temperature and relative…
A third of the Lithuanian population has donated money to Ukraine’s fight against Russia or to support Ukrainian refugees, but almost 40% say they have not reacted in any way to the war, according to the results of a survey commissioned by LRT. The poll, conducted by Baltijos Tyrimai at the end of June, asked…
The Lithuanian Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys signed an agreement between the US Department of Energy and the Lithuanian Ministry of Energy as Lithuania aims to achieve energy security and make its energy sector climate-neutral. According to the Energy Ministry, it’s the first memorandum of this kind, signed between the American and Lithuanian institutions in charge…
Lithuania harbours ambitions to have its space sector generating approximately 1% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in five years’ time, Economy and Innovation Minister Ausrine Armonaite has said. According to her, Lithuania joined the European Space Agency within mere two months, which proved that the country was serious in its intentions. A total…