Promotion of use of renewable energy sources in Lithuania

Abstract

The article describes market barriers and failures that limit the use of renewables and stipulates the necessity of support them. It reviews the situation of renewable energy in Lithuania and evaluates the potential of their future application. It also presents the systematised detailed overview of policy measures to support use of renewable energy sources in Lithuania and a comparison with policy measures applied to enhance usage of renewable energy sources in the Baltic States. The main targets of the article are: to analyse the situation of renewable energy use in Lithuania and Lithuanian commitments in this field; to evaluate legal issues of promotion renewable energy sources in the EU and Lithuania.