Meeting the strong market demand for EV charging
In 2024, Eltel Lithuania installed 120 new charging points in 40 different locations around the country for the electricity company Enefit. These charging points alone are equivalent to 5% of entire Lithuanian EV charging public infrastructure.
“Every new and renovated building is now required to have EV charging facilities by law. We need Eltel to help us overcome challenges to install this infrastructure when there is not enough space for cables and not enough power,” explains Justinas Pūkas, Energy Solution Project Manager at Enefit.
The collaboration with Enefit continues in 2025 with Eltel installing the company’s largest charging station to date with eight charging points and up to 1.28 MW total charging power. Other Eltel EV charging infrastructure customers include the energy company Elektrum Lithuania and the EV charging network company Eldrive.
“The Lithuanian EV charging infrastructure market remains strong with charging network developers planning to install hundreds of new charging points in 2025 and 2026,” explains Mantas Grabys, Renewable Project Manager, Eltel Lithuania. “The fact that we deliver reliable and cost-effective EV charging projects on time and within budget makes us a trusted partner.”
Electric buses: the next frontier in Lithuania’s EV journey
Municipalities all over Lithuania are considering the electrification of public transport. One of the largest projects is in the country’s capital Vilnius where more than 50 charging points are planned.
“As a leader in installing EV charging infrastructure in Lithuania, we are well positioned to deliver bus charging infrastructure projects around the country,” says Grabys. “We are already in discussion with some of the municipalities that are going ahead with their bus electrification projects.”
The electrification of municipal bus fleets can help to reduce air pollution and noise in urban areas. It can also help municipalities – and Lithuania as a whole – meet their climate goals.
Combining EV charging and battery storage
EV charging infrastructure projects are limited by a lack of grid capacity in some rural locations in Lithuania. One alternative to building out grid capacity is to combine EV charging infrastructure with battery energy storage systems (BESS), which ensures EVs can charge efficiently even when grid supply is constrained.
“We’re working with companies to integrate BESS systems to strengthen the power grid and to use the fast-charging infrastructure as efficiently as possible,” says Grabys. “We see a great need for BESS in the EV charging network infrastructure in Lithuania and we hope that Eltel Lithuania will be one of the first companies to start delivering turnkey BESS-integrated charging solutions to customers.”
