Lithuania’s outgoing deputy energy minister, Airidas Daukšas, has published a review of his roughly 18 months in office, pointing to a series of renewable-energy milestones as installed capacity approaches 7 GW by the end of 2026.
In a post on his departure, Daukšas said the country had set a target for renewables to cover at least 55% of gross final energy consumption by 2030, and 29% in transport, and had enshrined renewable-energy development as an overriding public interest. He credited the ministry with cutting bureaucratic hurdles, shortening permitting timelines and establishing accelerated development zones for renewables.
He also highlighted rapid growth in prosumers – households and businesses that generate their own electricity. Lithuania now has more than 193,000 prosumers and expects to reach 200,000 by the end of the year, a target originally set for 2028. Parliament has approved a framework extending net-metering to both existing and new residential prosumers, and a new support measure lets households with limited grid capacity install a 5 kW solar system paired with 10 kWh of storage.
Daukšas said total installed renewable capacity reached 6.5 GW in June 2026 and is expected to hit 7 GW by year-end, while noting a visible slowdown among developers. To sustain balanced growth, he said the ministry had submitted a Sustainable Energy Package to parliament to give developers more flexibility and time and to reduce red tape. He pointed to measures directing more of the benefits of renewable projects to nearby communities – producer levies collected in 2025 rose roughly fourfold year on year to about €1.3 million – and to a new draft hydrogen law approved by the government to set clear rules for an emerging hydrogen sector.
The milestones underline Lithuania’s push to strengthen energy independence and regional leadership in the Baltic renewable market, even as the sector’s pace of new project development shows signs of cooling.
