25 June, Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas attended the meeting of the EU Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council) to discuss the changes in the energy sector in the nearest future. The European Commission's (EC) recommendations on the Integrated national energy and climate change plans were...

On 20th of June, the political Roadmap implementing the synchronisation of the Baltic States' electricity networks with the Continental European Network was signed. The specific action plan and necessary main projects up to 2025, when the Baltic States will join the safe and reliable energy system of Europe, were established.

On 13 of June, the Seimas passed the Law on connection of the Lithuanian power system to the synchronous grid of Continental Europe (hereinafter referred to as the synchronisation) drafted by the Ministry of Energy and related legal acts. The latter acts stipulate the principal conditions for organisation and implementation of the...

Approval by the Seimas of the amendments to the Laws on Renewable Energy and on Electricity prepared by the Ministry of Energy opened opportunities for residents of apartment buildings to become electricity producing consumers and consume electricity generated from renewable energy resources. Lithuania is among...

On the 30th and 31st of May, the National Commission for Energy Control and Prices (NCC) set prices for electricity generated from renewable energy sources (RES). These prices will be used to set the maximum premium, for which energy producers will compete at an auction to be held in early September. The quota of 0.3 TWh of electricity will be allocated during the auction. With the...

On 29 of May, Regional Group Continental Europe of the ENTSO-E, the European Network of Transmission System Operators, announced about signing of the interconnection agreement and technical terms and conditions of interconnection by the power transmission operators of Poland, three Baltic States and supporting countries, upon implementation of...

On May 15, the Government endorsed main terms of the agreement on the conditions for connection of Baltic States power systems to the power system of Continental Europe (CEN). This Connection Agreement will be signed by Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator...

On May 7, the Minister of Energy Lithuania Žygimantas Vaičiūnas went to Poland to participate in the Polish gas sector’s largest annual conference GAZTERM 2019 in   Międzyzdroje.  The minister highlighted the importance of a particularly close cooperation of Lithuania and Poland in the field of energy, specifically in the gas sector which is being...

Today (May 3), Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas met with European Commission (EC) Vice-President responsible for the Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič. The main topics of the meeting were further implementation of the Baltic electricity network synchronisation...

Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas participated in the U.S.–EU Energy Council High-Level Business to Business Forum that took place today (May 2) in Brussels. The prestigious event, which was the first of its kind, was opened by European Commissioner for Energy Miguel Arias Cañete and...

On the 2nd of May the Ministry of Energy and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission signed a Letter of Intent on strategic cooperation on decommissioning of nuclear facilities and management of radioactive waste.

The European Commission has approved a support scheme, that will enable further intensive development of renewable electricity in Lithuania. Today, the Government has also approved the legislative amendments drafted by the Ministry of Energy, which specifies the procedure for application of the new support scheme to renewable...