Latvia’s growing reliance on renewable energy is diminishing its dependence on Russian energy imports, yet improvements in permitting processes and infrastructure upgrades are essential for…
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Energy excise duties to rise from May
Tuesday, April 23, 2024Life will get a little more expensive from May as the excise duties on electricity, diesel, natural gas and fuel oil going up will add…
Lithuania offers to dismantle shuttered energy stations, provide Ukraine with spare parts
Monday, April 8, 2024Lithuania’s Energy Ministry has proposed dismantling its country’s shuttered power stations to provide Ukraine with the spare parts needed to repair damaged energy infrastructure, amid…
NIB backed by InvestEU finances renewable energy supply
Tuesday, April 2, 2024The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and UAB LT Energija have signed a 21-year loan for a 264 MW wind farm in Pagėgiai, Lithuania. AB Achema,…
Foresight Center: Estonian households take more energy from grid than produce
Monday, March 18, 2024According to a report by think tank the Foresight Center, there are nearly 10,000 households in Estonia that both consume electricity from the distribution grid…
Entrepreneurs approve of Swedish energy link idea but wouldn’t pay for it
Wednesday, March 13, 2024Even if the system operators in Estonia and Sweden are not interested in establishing an electricity connection between the two countries, market participants could exceptionally…
Memo: Renewable energy fee would be 1.3 cents/kWh after wind farms complete
Tuesday, March 5, 2024According to a memorandum, finalized at the Estonian Ministry of Climate, the renewable energy fee would be 1.3 cents per kilowatt-hour from 2035, once the…
Finnish energy retailers offer fixed price packages cheaper than in Estonia
Friday, February 2, 2024Finnish energy companies offer Finnish customers cheaper fixed-price electricity packages than their Estonian counterparts.The average household here spends more than €60 a year more on…
Latvia saw a dramatic increase in electricity prices
Wednesday, January 17, 2024Latvia saw a dramatic increase in electricity prices in early January, after which the association of political parties United List submitted an inquiry to the responsible…
Latvia made some modest improvements in its energy efficiency over the period 2012-2022
Friday, December 22, 2023Updated figures published by Eurostat December 19 show that Latvia made some modest improvements in its energy efficiency over the period 2012-2022. The European Union’s first energy efficiency…