Vitenbergs to visit Bauska municipality in regional working visit

Climate and Energy Minister Jānis Vitenbergs will travel to Bauska municipality on Thursday, 6 August, for a working visit. During the visit, he is scheduled to visit several local companies and meet with the municipality’s leadership to discuss energy and climate-related topics.

The first stop will be SIA “Balticovo” in Iecava parish. The minister will meet the company’s engineers and tour the new production facility, with talks focused on plans to produce biomethane. Afterwards, he will visit the company “Misas Kūdra”.

At noon, a discussion is planned at Bauska municipality council on the Climate and Energy Ministry’s support programmes and ways to improve them. The participants are also expected to discuss readiness for the upcoming heating season, public service prices and infrastructure matters, including waste management, heat supply and water management.

In the afternoon, Vitenbergs is set to visit SIA “Uzvara-Lauks”, where he will learn about the grain growing sector, energy efficiency in grain drying, and the company’s preparedness for the heating season. The new support programme “Jaudīgais”, intended for companies with high energy consumption, is also planned to be presented during this visit.

The working visit will conclude at SIA “Bauskas alus”, where resource efficiency and how energy-intensive manufacturing companies are preparing for the heating season are to be discussed.

The visit will also include State Environmental Service Director General Andris Ķēniņš and other participants. The information was provided by the minister’s adviser Laura Dabare.