

Renewable energy in Lithuania constitutes a growing source of energy in the country.
In 2023, renewable energy sources accounted for 76.4% ofelectricity generation in the country, up from 18.2% in 2010 and 1.4% in 1990.[1]
Renewable energy in Lithuania by type (as of 2022):[2]
| % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid biofuel | 70.7% | |||
| Wind energy | 7.3% | |||
| Biofuel | 6.7% | |||
| Ambient heat | 4.7% | |||
| Municipal and industrial waste | 4.5% | |||
| Biogas | 2.3% | |||
| Hydropower | 2.2% | |||
| Solar energy | 1.6% | |||
Solid biofuel orbiomass represents the most common source of renewable energy in Lithuania.[2] Most commonly used arefirewood and wood as well as agricultural waste.[2] It is primarily used to produce heat, but is also used for electricity production.[2]

| Biofuels[3] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumption 2005 (GWh) | Consumption 2006 (GWh) | Consumption 2007 (GWh) | ||||||
| Total | Total | Biodiesel | Bioethanol | Total | Biodiesel | Bioethanol | ||
| 97 | 226 | 162 | 64 | 612 | 477 | 135 | ||
| Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity (million m3) | 9.8 | 20.9 | 23.2 |


In 2024, Lithuania had capacity of 2,567 MW of solar power (compared to only 2.4 MWh power in 2010).[6][7]
As of 2012,Lithuania has 1,580 small (from several kilowatts to 2,500 kW)solar power plants with a total installed capacity of 59.4 MW which produce electricity for the country, and has an uncounted number of private power plants which make electricity only for their owners.[8]
Installed wind power capacity in Lithuania and generation in recent years is shown in the table below:[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
| Year | 1998–2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity (MW) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 51 | 54 | 91 | 133 | 202 | 275 | 279 | 288 | 436 | 509 | 518 | 533 | 534 | 540 | 671 | 946 | 1284 | 1828 |
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