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Europe 2020 targets - Lithuania

LITHUANIA: Like its neighbours, Lithuania has ambitious plans with regard to renewable energy targets set by the EU. Its National Renewable Energy Action Plan sets out to exceed the EU renewable energy target by 1%, meaning that 24% of the country's energy should come from renewable sources by 2020. Even better, Lithuania's 2020 target could be met as early as 2017, says the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Lithuania expects to generate 21% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020 and wind power would constitute 9.4% of this figure, producing around 1.3TWh per year. Achieving this would entail an average annual growth of 35MW, not much more than the last five years' rate of 31MW.