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186 Power Statistics – 2010 Edition – Full Report
LITHUANIA (lt)
According to the National Energy Strategy the main directions are to increase the share of natural gas
and local fuel in the balance of primary energy resources, to ensured safe operation and continuous
implementation of the safety measures in the Ignalina NPP, to reduce emissions and to develop the
taxation (emission trading) system.
In April 2009, the Ministry of Environment, having studied the Environmental Impact Assessment
Report, decided that the construction of the new Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant on the chosen site at
the Drūks˘iai Lake is admissible in terms of its environmental impact.
In Kruonis PSPP wastewater treatment facilities were installed and started operating in the territory
of the power plant. The environment is not polluted by waste water.
LUXEMBOURG (lu)
The government continues strongly to promote renewable energy production and energy saving
measures to fulfil the Kyoto protocols. The contribution of renewable energies to the total consumption
in 2008 in the public grid was as follows:
Hydro: 2.5 %
Wind: 1.3 %
Photovoltaic: 0.4 %
Biogas: 0.9 %
Waste incineration: 0.8 %
LATVIA (lv)
There are no problems with the application of the Kyoto protocol for Latvia. The current level of
emissions is low. The level of Greenhouse Gas Emissions per capita was less than 5 tonnes of CO 2
equivalent average in 2008. The emissions of power plants are rather low. Natural gas is the main fuel
in CHP plants. Therefore, we can say that almost all electricity generated in Latvia is “green”.
POLAND (pl)
Possibilities and methods for the reduction of air pollution emissions in Poland:
1) Improvement in the efficiency of end-user consumption of electrical power and heating energy –
technical solutions and education,
2) Modification of the structure of fuel use, development of gas-based energy,
3) Improved efficiency of energy generation processes: modernization of existing facilities, introduction
of new technologies, development of dispersed energy generation and increases in associated
generation,
4) Development of renewable energy sources,
5) Reduction “low emissions” by the household and communal sectors.
One of the very important topic presented in the document “Energy Policy of Poland until 2030”
is a reduction of the limiting environmental impact of the energy sector.
Methods of reducing CO 2 , SO 2 , NO x emissions which will help to fulfill international obligations without
any significant changes in the energy mix have been indicated owing to the obligations resulting from
the climate package in the Energy Policy.
For that purpose a management system for national ceilings on emission of greenhouse gases and
other substances will be created and admissible product-specific emission indicators will be introduced.
Obligations resulting from a new ETS Directive will be fulfilled and a system for administering proceeds
from the auctions of CO 2 emission rights will be developed. A very important direction of activities will
also be to support the development of carbon dioxide capture and storage technologies (CCS).