So far, two companies – Finnish-owned Fortum Heat Lietuva and Reenergy related with Icor group – have officially declared plans to invest in new energy generation capacities in Vilnius.
Fortum Heat Lietuva has made certain progress in its project this year. In particular, it has found a suitable site and worked out a project development plan, which has been coordinated with all authorities but the local authority of Vilnius. According to Vitalijus Zuta, Fortum Heat Lietuva, the local authority of the Lithuanian capital turned the company’s plan down on four occasions.
An alternative project by Reenergy envisages the construction of a 49.9 MW facility. Raimondas Petreikis, Reenergy CEO, told the daily that, in line with revised plans, the facility would only generate heat and would fire sorted waste with energy content. The facility would not fire biofuel and would consume up to 175,000 tons of waste per year.
