The Baltic Times
Summary
Taurage (Tauragė) is often cited as one of the greenest municipalities in Lithuania. It is home to one of the largest wind farms in the country, and over 95 percent of its heat energy comes from biomass. It has one of the newest bus fleets in Lithuania, with an average age of 6 years, and half of the city's apartment blocks have been renovated.
Sustainable, nature- and environment-friendly initiatives and solutions of Taurage have not gone unnoticed – Taurage is among the 100 European cities in 2022 that will aim to become climate-neutral cities by 2030, as part of the European Commission's mission to make the world's cities climate-neutral and smart by 2030. This will undoubtedly further promote a strategic approach to green and smart city development.
"Taurage will be supported by the European Commission and will become a pilot innovation centre in the fields of renewable energy, decarbonisation of the transport system, urban renewal, modernisation of buildings, water conservation, circular economy and other areas," - says Taurage mayor Dovydas Kaminskas.
Taurage is one of the leaders in renewable energy in the country: almost 100% of Taurage's heat is produced using alternative energy sources - sun, wind and biofuels.
"It is planned that by 2025 Taurage District Municipality will use only renewable energy for all public needs. In the district, 99 percent of district heating is produced from biofuel, and during the last heating season, when heat prices in Vilnius were breaking records, heating in Taurage was the cheapest in Lithuania," says mayor Kaminskas.
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