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Renewable energy in Lithuania constitutes a growing source of energy in the country.
In 2023, renewable energy sources accounted for 76.4% of
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In 2024, Lithuania had capacity of 2,567 MW of solar power (compared to only 2.4 MWh power in 2010).
As of 2012,
electricity generation
Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy. For electric utility, utilities in the electric power industry, it is the stage prior to its Electricity delivery, delivery (Electric power transm ...
in the country, up from 18.2% in 2010 and 1.4% in 1990.
Statistics
Renewable energy in Lithuania by type (as of 2022):Biomass
Solid biofuel orbiomass
Biomass is a term used in several contexts: in the context of ecology it means living organisms, and in the context of bioenergy it means matter from recently living (but now dead) organisms. In the latter context, there are variations in how ...
represents the most common source of renewable energy in Lithuania. Most commonly used are firewood
Firewood is any wooden material that is gathered and used for fuel. Generally, firewood is not heavily processed, and is in some sort of firelog, recognizable log or branch form, compared to other forms of wood fuel like pellet fuel, pellets. ...
and wood as well as agricultural waste. It is primarily used to produce heat, but is also used for electricity production.
Biofuel
Biogas
Hydroelectricity
* Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant
Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant (the KPSP) is a pumped storage hydroelectric power plant located near Kruonis, Lithuania, east of Kaunas. Its main purpose is to provide grid energy storage. It operates in conjunction with the Kaunas Hydroelectri ...
, its main purpose is to provide a spinning reserve of the power system, to regulate the load curve of the power system 24 hours a day. Installed capacity of the pumped storage plant: 900 MW (4 units, 225 MW each).
* Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant, has a capacity of 100.8 MW.
Geothermal energy
* Klaipėda Geothermal Demonstration Plant, the first geothermal heating plant in theBaltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the ...
region.
Solar power
In 2024, Lithuania had capacity of 2,567 MW of solar power (compared to only 2.4 MWh power in 2010).
As of 2012, Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
has 1,580 small (from several kilowatts to 2,500 kW) solar power
Solar power, also known as solar electricity, is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV) or indirectly using concentrated solar power. Solar panels use the photovoltaic effect to c ...
plants with a total installed capacity of 59.4 MW which produce electricity for the country, and has an uncounted number of private power plants which make electricity only for their owners.
Wind power
Installed wind power capacity in Lithuania and generation in recent years is shown in the table below:See also
* Energy in Lithuania *Renewable energy by country
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References
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