The alleged fight against the Russians in our neighborhood is costing us not only in taxes spent on outdated tanks and golden spoons, but also in the money we pay for electricity and gas

 

 

"The state-owned energy group Ignitis Grupė, together with its partners, has already spent 50 million euros on a 700-megawatt (MW) wind farm in the Baltic Sea, says Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas.

 

"As for the first park, I don't know if I can reveal all the details, because some of them may be a commercial secret of the company, but let's be honest, it is not being implemented because there is a lack of political will, but because it is not worth implementing it," G. Paluckas said in the Seimas on Thursday during the Government Hour, answering a question from former Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys, a Conservative.

 

"The company took responsibility, spent 50 million euros and someone will be responsible for it. 50 million euros is being spent on investing in bottom exploration, to other things, by putting together a team,” the Prime Minister added.

 

D. Kreivys asked what actions and decisions the Government intends to take so that this project “would happen at all and be as much as possible framed within the framework that was agreed upon when signing the winning auction.”

 

G. Paluckas did not elaborate on why the project was stalling, but stated that it was related to “the partners who have entered the project, other things.” According to the Prime Minister, the Government was informed about the postponement of the project for up to five years.

 

“But first of all, in my opinion, this participation in the project by the company itself was an unweighed, uncalculated risk, which today is being tried to place on the shoulders of Lithuanian consumers through various other operating schemes, apparently, and attempts to participate in the second stage,” explained G. Paluckas.

 

The competition for the first offshore wind farm to be developed without state aid was won in 2023 by the Ignitis Group-owned company Ignitis Renewables together with its partner, the global offshore wind farm development company Ocean Winds. They paid a fee of EUR 20 million to the state for the right to develop the farm with a preliminary value of EUR 1.8 billion.

 

The permit to develop the project was granted to their joint venture Offshore Wind Park 1.”

 

People who are amassing wealth from the alleged fight against the Russians have searched the bottom of their pockets and found that there is no bottom. Give them more money. Patriotic duty.