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Erasmus+ project " Acting now for Future", 2nd meeting in Chania 14/03/2022- 18/03/2022

Presentation made by Guste Puzinaviciute, Ieva Grubliauskaite, Kotryna Prasauskaite, Kaunas " Vyturys " gymnasium

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Renewable energies and green solutions in Lithuania

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Goals

  • For 2030: over 50% of Lithuania's energy needs to be produced from wind power, rest from sunlight - 22%, from biofuels - 16%, from hydropower – 8%, from biogas - 1%.
  • For 2050: climate neutrality, zero CO2 emissions

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Hydropower

  • Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant
  • Built in 1960 on Nemunas riverbed
  •  the largest hydropower station in Lithuania, uses renewable energy resources, as well protects the Kaunas city from spring floods

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  • Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant
  • Built in 1978
  • Located 34 km away from Kaunas
  • Balances electricity production and consumption, prevents accidents in Lithuanian electricity system�

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Solar power

  • Solar panels are gaining popularity because of financial support from Lithuanian government
  • Lithuania has 1,580 small solar power plants with a total installed capacity of 59.4 MW but more are to be installed soon. 

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Wind energy

  • Conditions for the development of wind energy in Lithuania are favorable. Lithuania is a country of plains, which is means that there are no natural barriers that can block the wind

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  • There are 23 wind farms in the country with a combined capacity of 480 MW
  • wind farms can already supply 634 thousand households or needs of 1.3 million people.

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Fusion energy

  • EUROfusion consortium researchers - 4,800 experts, students and staff from all over Europe, including Lithuania broke a record of generated power from nuclear fusion
  • EU is a member of project ITER to expand use of fusion energy