BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 10
By Leman Zeynalova - Trend:
Lithuania’s goal is to generate 50 percent of its energy consumption from renewable sources by 2030, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Egidijus Meilūnas told Trend.
He pointed out that while paving the way towards a more dynamic and diversified economy, Lithuania proactively and continuously focuses on reinforcing regional energy security.
“To this end, large-scale energy projects aimed to boost connectivity and competitiveness are in progress, such as the Gas Interconnection Poland–Lithuania (GIPL) and the Synchronisation of the Lithuanian electricity grid with the continental European network.
Lithuania also holds bold plans to promote investments in the reliable and competitive local power generation. Development of offshore wind farm projects in the Baltic Sea will increase local power generation and fulfill Lithuania’s commitment to green energy transition. Our goal is to generate 50 percent of Lithuania's energy consumption from renewable sources by 2030. We also aim to decarbonize our energy system completely by 2050,” noted Meilūnas.
The Lithuanian natural gas transmission system operator (TSO), Amber Grid, and its Polish counterpart, GAZ-SYSTEM, are currently constructing the Gas Interconnector Poland - Lithuania (GIPL) that will connect the gas transmission systems of both countries. The GIPL project, supported by the EU through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Energy with more than €276 million, will integrate the gas systems of the Baltic Sea region into the internal EU gas markets in line with the EC's energy security strategy. The construction of GIPL started at the beginning of 2020 and works are progressing well.
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