Electricity

  • CORPORATE

Wind powered 25% of Lithuanian domestic electricity in 2015

Wind power represented a quarter of domestic Lithuanian electricity production in 2015 with the amount of electricity generated by wind…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Klaipėda CHP plant generates record amount of power

Fortum Klaipėda heat and power plant, which runs on waste and biofuel, produced a record 416GWh of heat and 143GWh…

9 years ago
  • Economy

France’s Veolia may exit Lithuanian market

France's Veolia, which owns energy companies Vilniaus Energija and Litesko in Lithuania, is set to announce its plans regarding its…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Synching electrical system with Europe now Litgrid’s key objective

Building the infrastructure and systems necessary to integrate Lithuania’s electricity systems with Western Europe is the key objective of Lithuanian…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Spike in electricity prices forces activation of Elektrėnai power plant

Electricity shortages and a sharply increased electricity price on Monday forced the grid operator to turn on the combined cycle…

9 years ago
  • Economy

ESO starts trading shares on Nasdaq Vilnius

Electricity supply and natural gas distribution company Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius (ESO), the new company that was formed by merging the…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Electricity consumers in western Lithuania to test NordBalt link

In late November, 24,000 Lithuanian consumers will receive electricity from Sweden for the first time. During a half an hour…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Electricity prices edge up in Lithuania and Latvia

With lower electricity imports, its prices in Lithuania and Latvia have grown slightly last week. Meanwhile electricity prices were falling…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Wind power production growing in Lithuania

Over the first nine months of this year, wind power plants in Lithuania produced 511GWh of electricity, up by 13.2…

9 years ago
  • Energy

70th Anniversary of Lithuanian power system

Exactly 70 years ago in October, 1945, the Lithuanian power system was put into operation. The operation of generators at…

9 years ago
  • Energy

NordBalt to provide more energy security for 6m people in Baltics

Two months remain until the completion of the biggest joint Swedish and Lithuanian project NordBalt. In December the electricity produced…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Elektrėnai Power Plant ups production due to electricity price hike

Combined cycle unit of Elektrėnai Power Plant increased electricity generation due to significant price hike in the Nord Pool Spot…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuanian PM: Russia demanding damages from Baltics for leaving BRELL only ‘interpretation’

Lithuania is moving from the post-Soviet to European electricity transmission system and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says claims that Russia…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuania might have to pay billions for quitting Soviet energy system

As Lithuania is approaching its goal of separating from the electricity network extending across the former Soviet Union and fully…

9 years ago
  • Energy

NordBalt cable lying safe on bottom of Baltic Sea

All cable-related works on the NordBalt power interconnection have been completed in the Baltic Sea. The 400km submarine cable connecting…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Electricity price edges up in Lithuania

The average electricity price in the Nord Pool Spot Lithuanian bidding area was EUR 43.69/MWh on 13-19 July. It was…

9 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Baltic and Nordic countries will jointly develop electricity regulating market

Baltic states electricity system administrators Elering, Augstsprieguma tikls, Litgrid and Finnish main grid administrators Fingrid signed an agreement on developing…

10 years ago
  • Energy

NordBalt cable laying works in Baltic Sea finished

The Topaz Installer cable laying vessel has finished her work. In just a year and two months, with short interruptions,…

10 years ago
  • Energy

Final 50km stretch of NordBalt cable to be laid on Baltic seabed

During its month-long work in 2015, the special vessel Topaz Installer laid more than 50 kilometres of HVDC cable NordBalt…

10 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuania’s energy minister: NordBalt project unaffected by incident at sea

An incident where the ship guarding the laying of NordBalt cable between Lithuania and Sweden was forced out of the…

10 years ago