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Lithuania Powers Ahead: Renewables, Storage, and Grid Upgrades Transform Energy Future
In October 2025, Lithuania continued to make significant strides in its energy transition, focusing on expanding renewable generation, energy storage, and grid resilience. The country has been actively developing large-scale battery energy storage systems, with projects such as the 291 MW installations at Kelmė, Mažeikiai, and Kruonis, alongside private initiatives like the 70 MW project in Šalčininkai.…
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Lithuania’s Renewable Energy Boom: Record Growth and the Path to Unlocking Its Full Potential
Written for The Voice of Renewables by Renwise. Lithuania’s renewable energy capacity is growing impressively, but faces a reality that is holding back projects: only a fifth of the projects that reserved the grid have reached FID Recently, Litgrid announced that more than 5,400 MW of installed capacity of solar (2,936 MW) and wind (2,467…
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OWC engaged for Portuguese wind farm areas
The Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) has appointed ABL Group company OWC to support the geophysical and geotechnical surveys at two wind farm areas offshore Portugal. IPMA is Portugal’s national authority for meteorology, aeronautical meteorology, climate, seismology, and geomagnetism. The organisation is currently leading a geophysical and geotechnical survey over two areas from the Allocation Plan for Offshore Renewable…
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Lithuania Boosts Renewable Energy Output by 16% in Q3 2025 — Local Generation Covers 70% of Electricity Demand
Lithuania’s electricity transmission system operator “Litgrid” has published the country’s electricity system indicators for July–September 2025. In the third quarter of this year, electricity production in Lithuania increased by 16% compared to the same period last year. Local generation covered 70% of Lithuania’s electricity demand, with renewable energy sources accounting for 73% of total domestic production. In the third quarter of 2025, 2.135 TWh of electricity was produced in Lithuania — 16%…
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Low Renewable Generation and Transmission Constraints Drive Lithuanian Power Price Surge
Cool and overcast weather last week increased electricity consumption and led to low solar power generation. Calm weather on Sunday evening and this morning caused electricity price spikes. Due to maintenance work at the Kruonis transformer substation, electricity trading between the Baltic States and the Nordic countries has been restricted until October 30. Between October 13–19, the average weekly wholesale electricity…
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ABL to support North Sea maritime spatial planning project
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been appointed to support Interreg North Sea’s multilateral NORSAIC project, which aims to improve cooperation and governance in marine spatial planning for a sustainable North Sea region in the face of climate change. Co-funded by the European Union, NORSAIC will provide maritime insight in support of North Sea maritime spatial planning initiatives, enhancing both…
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Ignitis Group secures a major financing deal tied to the largest Baltic wind farm
Ignitis Group, a renewables-focused integrated utility, has secured EUR 318 million in non-recourse project financing from a strong group of lenders, comprising both institutional and commercial banks, to cover the costs incurred in constructing the largest onshore wind-energy project in the Baltics. The financing package is linked to Kelmė wind farm, which is located in…
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EU Council Adopts Historic REPowerEU Regulation to Phase Out Russian Gas
In recent years, the European Union has made decisive progress toward ending its dependence on Russian energy. On 6 May 2025, the European Commission unveiled a comprehensive roadmap outlining plans to completely phase out Russian gas, oil, and nuclear imports while safeguarding energy supply stability. This was followed by a formal proposal on 17 June…
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Cybersecurity challenges for the renewable energy sector
Author: Davide Barbieri, PhD As renewable energy becomes the backbone of global decarbonisation, the sector faces a rapidly growing but often underestimated risk: cyberthreats. Solar farms, wind turbines, and energy storage systems are now deeply digitalized and connected, and this connectivity, while enabling efficiency and smart management, also exposes critical vulnerabilities. Digital Risk The renewable…
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Jan De Nul launches largest cable-laying vessel in the world
Jan De Nul launched its newest cable-laying vessel: the Fleeming Jenkin. The company will use it to install subsea cables for the transmission of renewable energy. The vessel has a loading capacity of 28,000 tonnes, making it the world’s largest of its kind. Delivery is scheduled for the second half of 2026. The launch took…
