Only 12 percent of respondents in Latvia, 14 percent in Estonia and 7 percent in Lithuania think that this type of energy production should be based on market principles and does not need government support.
GfK CR Baltic Business Development Manager Dalia Jasiukevičienė said that people in the Baltics support alternative energy, but not all of them are willing to pay for it.
"The survey confirms that price hikes are unwelcome in Lithuania and that Lithuanians are not ready to pay more for electricity. However, as much as 72 percent of the Lithuanian population support energy production from wind, 63 percent from sun, and 46 percent from biomass, and 42 percent support energy generated by hydro power plants," she said in a press release.
Just 9 percent of Lithuanians and 4 percent of Latvians and Estonians would be willing to pay slightly more for electricity generated from renewable energy sources.
The study was performed in April based on an online survey of 1,069 people, aged 18 to 64 years, in Latvia, 1,069 in Lithuania and 1,010 in Estonia.
2012-05-08 17:50
80 percent of people in Baltic states favor government support for green energy
Eighty percent of the population in the Baltic countries think that authorities must support green energy development, according to the latest survey by GfK Custom Research Baltic.
Most Balts believe that green energy development should not be left to the market. / Irmos Ozturhan/15min.lt nuotr.
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