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On Tuesday, the Seimas adopted amendments to the Laws on the Economy of Heat and the Market of Energy Resources. Before the elections, his submission to the Seimas was suspended by a peasant faction that requested a break. It is now proposed to adopt the amendments as a matter of urgency.
Introducing the amendments, Kęstutis Bacvinka, who works in the Environmental Protection Committee, said that the new regulation should reduce the use of imported biofuels in heat production, thus increasing the combustion of local fuels.
“The aim is not to restrict the import of biofuels on the territory of Lithuania, as it can be used for other purposes, for example as raw material in the production of panels, but to ensure that local renewable energy resources are used as little as possible. and as widely as possible. And the price of heat would not depend on the political decisions of third countries, “said K. Bacvinka.
If the amendments are adopted, third country heat producers will not be able to buy more than 20% per annum. biofuels. If manufacturers break the rules, the fines will range from 10 percent. your annual income – up to 20 thousand. If suppliers hide the origin of the fuel, they may be excluded from the list for one year and may not enter into contracts with heat producers.
Mr. Bacvinka emphasized that tightening the biofuel trade would not increase heating prices.
“There should definitely not be a significant price change, because the price of biofuel in the price of heat is only 12 percent. So it shouldn’t affect him, ”promised K. Bacvinka.
Jurgis Razma, who works for the Economic Committee, asked whether imports of other goods from third countries, such as China, should not be regulated.
“After all, a lot of low-quality Chinese products enter our market. We could determine that in a certain area it cannot be more than 20 percent. And the same Belarusian products. Let’s say, in the tractor market, perhaps, that there would be no more than 20% Belarusian tractors, “said J. Razma.
He asked if such a proposed regulation was “legally appropriate”: “If Belarus biofuels are of poor quality, check the quality requirements, through customs, what can we do to get ahead.”
Andrius Kupčinskas, member of the Economic Committee, assured that the amendments would be initiated by local biofuel producers, because the demand for biofuels is decreasing when the Kaunas and Vilnius cogeneration plants start operating.
“The situation in the thermal economy market is now such that biofuel producers are experiencing a lot of competition, especially after the start-up of the Kaunas waste incineration power plant, so the consumption of biofuels is decreasing Naturally, with the opening of the Vilnius power station, the consumption of biofuels will decrease even further. Are (…) producers of products other than biofuels interested in reducing competition and artificially restricting imports in the Lithuanian market? ”he mused.
Deputy Energy Minister Egidijus Purlys has said the new order would set the share of imported and local biofuels and would not encourage local producers to increase producer prices.
According to E. Purlis, this year Belarus’s biofuel feedstock will reach 20 percent. Markets
Mr. Bacvinka said that now 60% is imported from Belarus. or even more total biofuels. According to him, Lithuania produces around 17 million tons of oil per year. puppy. meters of wood, and about 6 million. puppy. meters of rot.
Lithuanian biomass energy association Litbioma has warned that some 20 companies in the country promise to stop biofuel production. According to the director of the association Vilma Gaubytė, Lithuanian producers cannot compete with a much cheaper Belarusian raw material.
The largest supplier of biofuels, according to data for the first quarter of this year, occupies 15.5 percent. market and does not reach the 20% target established in the National Energy and Climate Action Plan for 2021-2030. market frontiers. At least 15 companies share 3/4 of the market, 17 companies occupy 75%. Markets
The goal is that by 2030, the amount of biofuels imported into Lithuania does not exceed 20 percent.
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