Estonian renewables generator Enefit Green is in the process of developing a wind farm in Lithuania, which will be the largest the company operates, and is scheduled to start production in April 2023. Enefit Green is a subsidiary of state electricity generator Eesti Energia. The 75 MW development is under construction in Akmene, in northern…
More and more citizens have started to install renewable energy systems, the most popular of which are photovoltaic panels. The government and the parliament have recently simplified the connection of installations of this kind to the national electricity system, in the case of own consumption, reducing the connection terms, the government’s communication and protocol department…
As energy prices continued to rise, the Lithuanian government unveiled new crisis measures on September 7. As presented by Finance Minister Gintare Skaiste, one of the planned measures is the extension of the VAT relief for central heating. The zero-VAT rate is now planned for two heating seasons: from October this year until the end…
The Lithuanian Energy Ministry expects its energy saving plan to help the country save 800 million euros and 20% in energy use over two years, Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys has said. Some 100 million euros should be saved by the public sector, 300 million euros by businesses and 400 million euros by households. The plan…
Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister of Poland, has said that the government, in the near future, will offer a special energy package to at least several hundred enterprises with high energy consumption. Morawiecki, speaking at the 31st Economic Forum in Poland’s mountain resort of Karpacz on September 7, said: “This is the moment when we…
Polish metals group KGHM signed a memorandum of understanding on September 6 with Romanian nuclear energy company SN Nuclearelectrica on developing Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). KGHM said the non-binding memorandum included exchange of experience and knowledge over 36 months on technical, economic, legal, financial and organisational aspects of SMR development with the US firm NuScale.…
Ukraine has the potential to become a green energy hub for Europe that will replace Russia’s dirty energy resources. “Ukraine can and, I am sure, will definitely become a green energy hub for Europe. We are capable of replacing dirty Russian energy resources. Ukraine has a huge natural potential for establishing capacities in green energy…