The Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory will help Lithuania develop a plan to obtain 100% clean electricity thanks to a memorandum of understanding.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and the Minister of Energy of Lithuania Dainius Kreivys signed the agreement to help Lithuania’s goal of reaching 100% renewable energy by 2050, a Sept. 15 news release said.
“Ensuring our allies have the tools they need to make their own clean energy transitions has never been more important. Great to meet w/ Minister @DainiusKreivys on @NREL + @ENERGY’s historic partnership with Lithuania on their 100% Renewable Energy Study,” Granholm posted on Twitter Oct. 27.
Lithuania plans to become energy-independent and “a net exporting country in the region,” Kreivys said in the release.
“Over the next few decades, the energy sector will become an even more complex organism that will require special protection and resilience to external factors,” Kreivys said in the release. “Therefore, we have agreed to work together to strengthen the resilience of the energy sector to cyber threats and climate change factors.”
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory will work with Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy and other organizations to develop a plan modeled after the Los Angeles 100% Renewable Energy Study that will modernize Lithuania’s electricity system infrastructure, according to the release.
“The U.S. Department of Energy truly values a strong and consistent partnership with Lithuania, and this MoU further solidifies our collaboration with European allies at this critically important moment in history,” Granholm said in the release. “We are excited for Lithuania to take advantage of our National Lab expertise to chart their own course towards clean energy and energy independence. This work, like our Net Zero World initiative with a number of other countries, will provide a roadmap to growing thousands of clean energy jobs and strengthening our economies.”
