Apr 9, 2026
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) programme for a planned carbon dioxide (CO₂) transshipment terminal in Klaipėda, Lithuania, to be developed within the territory of KN Energies. The public is invited to review the programme and submit comments.
You can review the EIA programme for the CO₂ transshipment terminal here.
The public is invited to submit proposals regarding the EIA programme to the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as to Sweco Lietuva (the contractor conducting the EIA analysis), and to KN Energies. Residents have up to 10 working days after the EIA programme is published on the EPA website to submit their comments, which means the deadline is April 23rd.
Vytautas Belickas, Head of the Environment and Planning Department at Sweco Lietuva, notes that based on the EIA programme, an environmental impact assessment of the planned economic activity will be carried out, and an EIA report will be prepared presenting the results. Both the EIA programme and the EIA report will be assessed by the public, EIA stakeholders, and the responsible authority – the EPA.
“We aim to make this process as open as possible – from the EIA programme to the final report, we will actively invite the public to participate and provide feedback and suggestions,” emphasizes V. Belickas. “Insights from residents and communities are an important part of the EIA process, and they will be considered alongside comments from other institutions when preparing the final EIA report.”
The CO₂ transshipment terminal will play a crucial role in the CCS Baltic Consortium project, which aims to establish the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain in the Baltic States. KN Energies acts as the project coordinator and partner within this consortium. Other participants include the Lithuanian cement producer Akmenės cementas, the Latvian cement producer SCHWENK Latvia, the Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and the Norwegian ship management company Larvik Shipping.
Members of the CCS Baltic Consortium will ensure the operation of the entire CCS value chain – from CO₂ capture at cement plants, transportation, and liquefaction, to safe transshipment onto vessels at the planned terminal in Klaipėda, and shipment to long-term storage sites beneath the North Sea seabed.
“This will be the first infrastructure of its kind in the Baltic States, creating conditions for rapid decarbonisation of industry in Lithuania and the wider region. It will enhance regional competitiveness by modernising industrial companies, create new jobs, contribute to Lithuania’s and Latvia’s climate neutrality goals, and attract new investments and innovations to the Baltic economies,” says Rūta Tumėnienė, Head of New Energies at KN Energies.
In 2024, the European Commission granted the CCS Baltic Consortium project the status of a Project of Common Interest (PCI), recognising it as a key cross-border infrastructure initiative that significantly contributes to the implementation of European Union (EU) energy policy and climate objectives. Part of the project is co-funded by the EU under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Energy programme.
The CO₂ transshipment terminal in Klaipėda is planned to be completed by 2030.
