Lithuania’s government has approved a series of measures geared towards developing the country’s energy infrastructure.
According to a statement published by Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy, the measures include plans to remove obstacles to solar power plants on apartment balconies, promote energy communities and coordinate support for solar power plants and storage systems.
“Such solutions will allow residents not only to produce their own energy, but also to maintain the operation of essential home appliances in the event of a power outage,” the ministry explains.
The ministry is also committed to continuing support for residents who replace old heating equipment with heat pumps, as well as electricity tariff relief for the most vulnerable consumers. At the municipal level, there are plans to modernise district heating systems to reduce heating price spikes.
The wider package of measures also includes plans to develop thousands of kilometres of cable power lines, introduce more favorable network charges for storage and dynamic tariffs for businesses and develop new electricity connections to Lithuania’s western neighbours.
These actions form part of Lithuania’s target of becoming an exporter of electricity by 2028. The country is also working to increase the ratio of electricity export to import value tenfold by the same year.
“In 2025, for every €100 ($115.40) spent on imported electricity, there was only €2 euros in revenue from exported electricity,” the ministry explains. “In 2028 there should be at least €20.”
Energy Minister Lukas Savickas added that as Lithuania has now achieved energy independence, the energy sector must now start generating greater returns.
“For people, more stable prices and more reliable supply, for businesses, faster investments and lower energy costs [and] for the state, more local energy and more resilient infrastructure,” Savickas said. “Energy must become Lithuania’s competitive advantage.”
Lithuania’s solar capacity exceeded 3 GW by the end of last year with an estimated 600 MW added in 2025.
According to analysis from Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, solar accounted for 44.7% of Lithuania’s electricity demand in June this year, a record for the country and second highest in the EU, behind its neighbour Latvia.
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