Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy intends to ban the use of Chinese software by private developers in the construction of solar and wind power plants with a capacity of more than 100 kW.
According to Minister Dainius Kreivys, the restrictions would not apply to low-power installations by households.
“We are preparing documents so that all equipment and private investment that generates more than 100 kW cannot use any Chinese software,” Kreivys told the radio Žinių Radijas on Thursday.
Asked whether Lithuania should ban Chinese technology from the country’s energy infrastructure, Kreivys said “I think that the decisions we will make will solve the problem”.
The energy minister noted that government institutions had already been barred from using any Chinese-made software.
As a growing number of households install electricity generating capacities, Kreivys said he did not see any threat in the use of Chinese-made equipment.
“Since the risk is not high, it is probably not appropriate to limit the choice of the population at this point,” he said.
Vidmantas Janulevičius, president of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists, recently told the parliamentary Committee on Economic Affairs that Chinese software was often used in renewable energy installations in Lithuania and Europe. He suggested that the government should fund the replacement of Chinese technology in existing power plants.
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