Energy Supply
National resources
Lithuania has few energy resources: there are oil reserves estimated at 87 Mt, peat (estimated total reserves of 10,985 PJ), wood, and a hydroelectric potential of about 960 MW. [Enerdata]
Primary Energy Demand of Lithuania, 2009
Primary Energy Demand per Capita in Lithuania, as compared to other Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Austria and the current European Union 15, 2008
Development of Primary Energy Demand per Capita in Lithuania, as compared to the other countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the European Union 15 and Austria, 2008
The trend of steadily rising primary energy demand, which is visible in the EU and Austria, can, in the countries shown in the figure, up to now only be seen in Slovenia, and, covertly, in Hungary and Slovak Republic.
Energy Balance
TJ | Solid fuels | Crude oil | Oil products | Gas | Hydro., Nucl. | Elec. | Heat | Biomass | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PRIMARY PRODUCTION | 502 | 4913 |
|
| 120317 |
| 7933 | 39117 | 172782 | |
Imports | 5850 | 368293 | 19862 | 91513 |
| 17194 |
| 3321 | 506033 | |
Exports | -465 | -4821 | -284281 | 0 |
| -27734 |
| -8309 | -325610 | |
Marine bunkers |
|
| -6893 |
|
|
|
|
| -6893 | |
Stock variations | 606 | 1566 | 5278 | -335 |
|
|
| -92 | 7207 | |
PRIMARY CONS. | 6493 | 369950 | -266034 | 91178 | 120317 | -10540 | 7933 | 34222 | 353519 | |
Refineries |
| -370044 | 368304 |
|
|
|
|
| -1741 | |
Power plants | -12 | -85 | -6828 | -35307 | -120317 | 55209 | 24739 | -2413 | -85014 | |
Own use, losses | 120 | 180 | -26233 | -10947 |
| -14658 | 4333 | -8145 | -55350 | |
FINAL CONSUMPTION | 6601 |
| 69210 | 44924 |
| 30011 | 37005 | 23664 | 211414 | |
| industry | 2690 |
| 2279 | 10942 |
| 8772 | 7360 | 2775 | 34819 |
| transport |
|
| 57280 |
|
| 191 |
| 2179 | 59649 |
| households, services | 3911 |
| 3421 | 9866 |
| 21048 | 29645 | 18710 | 86601 |
| non energy uses | 0 |
| 6230 | 24116 |
|
|
|
| 30345 |
How do I read this table?
Example: 502TJ of solid fuels were produced in the country in 2009, additional 5,850 TJ were imported. 465 TJ were exported, 606 went from the stock. 6,493 TJ went into primary consumption, of which 120 into own use. Of the remaining 6,601 TJ industry consumed 2,690, households 3,911.
