Eyeing the upcoming heating season, churches in Lithuania are also preparing ways to cut costs. “Heating bills from 2021 have left us with a large debt and we have asked to be allowed to pay it off in installments before the next season,” says Andrius Nenenas, pastor of Vilnius Bernardine Church. Last year, during the…
State-owned office buildings are expected to cut their energy consumption by up to 1.5 million euros. Turto Bankas (Property Bank), the manager of Lithuanian state-owned properties, is launching an energy-saving initiative titled “putinOut” in which around 500 properties, mostly housing state institutions, are encouraged to cut their energy consumption by at least 10%. The initiative,…
The capital of Lithuania has started dimming or, in some places, even switching off street and public space lights due to a drastic rise in electricity prices. According to Andrius Deimantas, director of the municipal company Vilniaus Apsvietimas (Vilnius Lighting), the authorities have already reduced lighting time, while lighting intensity has been cut down by…
Stored reserves of natural gas serving not only Estonia but also Latvia, Lithuania and Finland are currently at 55% capacity, ahead of heating season, compared with a European average of 80%. The gas storage facility at Incukalns, Latvia holds the reserves for all three Baltic States plus Finland. Energy policy expert Andres Mae said: “As…
Russia may target Ukraine’s gas infrastructure to further decrease its gas supplies to Europe. The relevant statement was made by the Naftogaz Board Chairman Yuriy Vitrenko in an interview with The Guardian. In his words, Ukrainians are likely to experience the coldest winter in decades, as indoor temperatures will be set at 17-18 degrees Celsius,…
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been reconnected to Ukraine’s power grid and is generating electricity for the country, the press service of the Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom has said in a Telegram post. “On August 26, at 14:04, one of the Zaporizhzhia NPP’s reactors, which was stopped yesterday, was reconnected to the power…
Georgia received $64.78 million from exporting electricity in January-July, up by 337% YoY, data published by the State Electricity System showed. The figures showed that 93% of the exports accounted for Turkiye, with 630,992,000 kWh of electricity exported to the country. In the reported period, 1 billion 41 million kilowatt-hours of electricity was also exported…