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The bill will make it easier for people to use renewable energy and diversify their usage away from gas-generated electricity. Lithuania is trying to reduce the political power that Russia has over it because of the 100 percent dependency on its gas.

“Energy independence is possible only if we use various energy sources. We have ambitious goals – by 2020 we want at least 23 percent of the energy consumed to be produced from renewable energy sources, and thus become less dependent on one energy source. This can be done only by developing modern, human and environmentally friendly renewable energy technologies,” Grybauskaite said.

Grybauskaite added that the government must ensure that renewable energy would be developed, taking into account human health and the environment and the individual interest groups so that it cannot become a source of profit at the expense of others.

The president said that the law was not perfect, but it needed to be signed because the public interest is at stake.