At the beginning of the road

[vyrud]

There are a lot of talks about the energy crisis in Europe. We started very big transition with the epochal changes in front of us. There will be some uneasy days but even today we can see the first results of this transition.
Here are three charts. First chart shows actual consumption of electricity in Lithuania on Friday, October 12, 2018:

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[riseskap]

Let's say solar and wind energy of the whole country will be 60%. What about the preiod with full overcast and calm let's say for a week? Do you have a plan on it?

[vyrud]

We have huge advantage because we have hydroacummulation power plant left. It's capacity is 1.2GW. For up to 48 hours it can produce the electricity. During strong wind periods excess energy will be used to pump the water while during the calm periods to generate it. German plans are to produce the hydrogen during excess periods and to burn the hydrogen during deficit periods. But this is longer term solution. Some experiments are planned here too , e.g. mixing hydrogen with natural gas (about 10 percent could be added to the natural gas). Also traditional power plants will remain operational