{"id":380960,"date":"2022-07-12T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=380960"},"modified":"2022-07-12T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T04:30:00","slug":"investment-in-renewables-will-help-lithuania-go-green-but-agriculture-must-become-more-sustainable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/investment-in-renewables-will-help-lithuania-go-green-but-agriculture-must-become-more-sustainable\/","title":{"rendered":"Investment in renewables will help Lithuania go green – but agriculture must become more sustainable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A crisis like the corona pandemic calls for decisive measures. The EU has freed up \u20ac723.8 billion<\/a> in an effort to use the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) to pull the European economy out of the recession caused by corona. In order to qualify for a share of this large bag of money, member states must submit a plan to the European Commission. In the series Decarbonizing Europe, we put those plans under a magnifying glass.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being the first country to declare independence from the Soviet Union in 1990, Lithuania was also the first one to proclaim itself independent from Russian gas earlier this year. To do that, the Baltic country found an alternative in liquefied natural gas – LNG – as the Klaip\u0117da terminal saw an increase in imports from Norway and the United States. However, Vilnius has greater ambitions. By 2050, all electricity consumed should be generated inside the country itself. A lot needs to be done, specifically where renewable energy is concerned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n