Druskininkai
Energy

Town faces trebling of gas prices under Gazprom deal

The cost of gas for residents and businesses in Druskininkai could treble in the next year if the spa town in south Lithuania cannot find an alternative to an extremely unfavourable gas supply deal with Gazprom. […]

Energy

Lithuanian PM accuses district heat provider Vilniaus Energija of foul play

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has accused district heat provider Vilniaus Energija of foul play after it stated that heating prices in Lithuania’s capital would grow due to the obligation to purchase part of gas from the Klaipėda Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal. The prime minister said the company was ending the year how it had begun it – with strange manipulations when purchasing fuel and with heating prices in Vilnius higher by one quarter. […]

Energy

Lithuanian energy minister accuses Vilniaus Energija of manipulations

Energy company Vilniaus Energija has claimed that heating prices in Vilnius will soar due to obligations to purchase liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Klaipėda’s terminal. The Ministry of Energy has responded to such claims by saying that in October the company itself decided to purchase from the LNG terminal significantly more gas than planned previously. Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis has stated that Vilniaus Energija is manipulating prices of acquired fuel. […]

Kalle Palling
Opinion

Opinion: Balticconnector will help neutralise pressure of Russian gas

In October, Estonian and Finnish gas companies, with the support of the national governments, jointly applied to the European Commission for financing of the construction of Balticconnector – the transmission pipeline network that would connect the gas networks of the two countries. Reaching an agreement and submitting the application marks a very important intermediary stage, writes the Chairman of the European Union Affairs Committee of the Estonian parliament Kalle Palling (Reform Party). […]

Greeting Independence in Klaipėda one year ago
Energy

Klaipėda LNG Terminal one year on – independence or responsibility?

On 27 October 2014, the port of Klaipėda on the sea coast of Lithuania was crowded with people and heads of the Baltic States. The day marked a new era in the energy security sector for Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, as an LNG ship called “Independence” was met with Lithuanian flags waving high. Even higher were the expectations of this floating LNG terminal which at the time analysts called “a game changer” in the Baltic gas sector. However, one year on, Lithuanian government is struggling to find ways to lower the FSRU costs and expand their gas market – “Independence” has become an expensive burden. […]

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Energy

One year of Lithuania’s LNG terminal: No one can cut off our gas

One year after Lithuania inaugurated its liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Klaipėda, Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis says that the facility has brought security and competition for the first time in Lithuania’s gas market history and can be called a regional terminal. […]