Lithuania鈥檚 electricity system during the winter season聽will be able to cope with聽the country鈥檚 electricity power needs, about 60 percent of which will be imported, according to Litgrid, the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator.
Approximately 60 percent of the country's聽consumed electricity is likely to be imported from neighboring countries such as Estonia and Latvia.
"The adequacy analysis shows that Lithuania's electricity system is capable of ensuring the supply of electricity under normal winter conditions in 2015,"聽said Daivis Virbickas, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Litgrid in a press release.
"Although the capacity of the power transmission grid is sufficient to import even more than 60 percent of the country鈥檚 electricity demand, the electricity generated at local thermal power plants which supplies聽the cities with heat in winter will also be consumed,"聽he added.
Lithuania鈥檚 total installed capacity for electricity is 4300 MW, but according to Litgrid, the biggest demand in winter will be about 1800 MW in the fourth week of January.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency