Clifford Chance
Incentivising Renewables: The Baltics and Belarus
4 February 2011
Limited energy resources and dependency on imported energy provide a strong inducement for the Baltic States and Belarus to increase renewable energy eneration capacity. Under 2009 Renewables Directive1, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have committed to increase the share of energy produced from renewable sources. Belarus has also indicated that this goal is one of the main objectives of its energy policy. Although these countries have different natural conditions and approaches to incentivising deployment of renewables, common trends can be seen. This guide, produced with local law firm SORAINEN, analyses the commonalities between the four countries and provides a brief overview of the specific mechanisms employed in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Belarus.
