Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania
Publisher: CEE Bankwatch Network
Volume: 4 pages, pdf
Description:
The closure of Unit 2 at Ignalina NPP by the end of this year will cut the main electricity generating capacity (1250 MW). Thermal power plants and CHP in Lithuania are inefficient and obsolete and thus need to be renovated and modernized. According to scientific assumptions, the economically most efficient ways to replace Ignalina NPP capacities are the modernization of existing power plants, the conversion of gas-fired CHP’s to biomass-fired and the utilization of other renewable energy potentials. Furthermore grid connections to Poland and Sweden can ensure alternative electricity supply.