Lithuania

Baltics, Poland may ask for delay in fuel price hikes

April 24, 2025

Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland are planning to petition the European Commission to delay regulations aimed at “dramatically” raising the cost of fossil fuel-based fuels starting in 2028, Lithuanian Prime [..]

Latvia

Latvia may boost solar power share in electricity to 10% this year

April 10, 2025

The share of electricity produced in Latvia by solar power plants (SPP) might reach 10% of total production, which would be 3.3% more than last year, LETA learned at the [..]

World

NATO Allies discuss energy security with the Executive Director of the IEA and the European Commissioner for Energy

February 20, 2025

On Wednesday (19 February 2025), Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol and the European Commissioner for Energy, Dan Joergensen, to the [..]

Estonia

Estonia’s Elektrilevi increasing network fees despite high profits

July 8, 2024

Estonia’s state-owned power distribution network operator Elektrilevi announced a significant increase in network charges, despite the company generating substantial profits, and the needs for the additional funds remain unclear, Postimees [..]

Latvia

Latvia ups its renewable energy target for 2030 to 60%

June 13, 2024

Latvia plans to increase the share of renewable energy in final consumption to 60 percent by 2030, according to the updated National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) for 2021-2023. In [..]

Estonia

61 pct of Estonian population in favor of deployment of nuclear energy

June 3, 2024

More than half, or 61 percent, of residents of Estonia are positive about the possible introduction of nuclear energy, a poll taken in May shows. The findings of the survey [..]

Estonia

Law to speed up development of offshore wind, solar parks in Estonia

May 28, 2024

The Estonian parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to amend the Building Code and other laws, initiated by the government, which is aimed at accelerating the deployment of renewable energy. [..]

Latvia

Installation of new gas heating systems in Riga will no longer be approved from 2026

February 14, 2024

The installation of new gas heating equipment in Riga will no longer be approved from 2026, according to the regulations approved today by the Housing and Environment Committee of the [..]

Interviews

It is critical to focus much more on security of energy supply – Conexus

January 26, 2024

It is critically important to pay much more attention to the security of energy supply, Uldis Bariss, Chairman of the Board of the natural gas transmission and storage operator Conexus [..]

Estonia

Estonia: Kersti Kaljulaid leaves Alexela supervisory board due to gas imports from Russia

September 28, 2023

Estonian ex-president Kersti Kaljulaid announced on Wednesday that she has left the supervisory board of energy group Alexela because the company is still importing gas produced in Russia. “I joined [..]