Global sustainable communities handbook: green design technologies and economics / Woodrow W. Clark II (ed.). Chapter 13 – Energy system of the Baltic states and its development

Abstract

Overestimating the energy sector’s importance to any national economy is hardly possible. A well-developed energy infrastructure and secure supply of energy resources facilitate a country’s technological and social progress. A strong energy potential is an important factor defining any country’s place in the international economic and political system; it powers economic development that ensures progress and welfare.