Geothermal power and solar photovoltaics are more dependent upon market conditions, delegated legislation and financial support of the government.
The first geothermal wells of Lithuania were drilled in Vydmantai at the year 1989, their depth of more than two kilometers. Wells were tested in 1993–1994 years, the geothermal water temperature reached 74 1C.
But the tests were closed because Lithuania had the big financial difficulties.
In 2000 Klaipeda Geothermal Demonstration Plant, with a 41 MW capacity for heat supply, was installed.
According to the project, generation of heat energy consists of 41% geothermal
energy and 59% gas energy for reheating water, which was used for district heating. The plant uses 38 1C water from the well drilled about 1100 m beneath the surface. The heat was extracted using an absorption heat pump. It was the first geothermal heating plant in the Baltic Sea region.
The project's total energy generation is 0.27 TWh/year.
Construction was completed in 2001.
Now, the Klaipeda geothermal plant is working on the installed capacity.