Paul K. Dainora becomes an independent member of the Management Board of Vilnius Combined Heat and Power Plant

Lietuvos Energija, as the sole shareholder of Vilnius Combined Heat and Power Plant (Vilnius CHP), approved its new independent Management Board member, Paul K. Dainora, who has more than 25 years of experience in the energy sector.

Paul K. Dainora started his work on 3 June, filling in the vacancy of an independent Management Board member.

“The project of Vilnius CHP is among the most complex and important projects in Lithuania, and I am delighted that Paul K. Dainora, who has extensive international experience, is joining the Management Board. I believe that this will help ensure the successful project implementation”, says Darius Maikštėnas, CEO and Chair of the Management Board of Lietuvos Energija.

Paul K. Dainora holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the US Villanova University and a master’s degree in Economics and Finance from the US West Chester University. In 1986, he started his professional career as an engineer at Bechtel Power Corporation in the US. He later continued his career at Target Technology Ltd. as Chief Project Engineer, Accupipe Corporation as President, Messer Advanced Gas Systems as Project Engineer, Matheson Tri-Gas as Project Manager and Dresser-Rand Company as Project Manager.

In 2002, he joined Dresser-Rand Canada, Inc. as Project Development Manager. In 2008, Paul K. Dainora moved to Europe and continued his professional career at EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG and Linde AG - Engineering Division in Germany. From 2016 to the present, Paul K. Dainora has been working in Germany for Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH as Director of Sales and Business Development for the Engineering and Construction Division Europe.

Paul K. Dainora is fluent in English and Lithuanian, German and French. The new Management Board member was selected from a shortlist of 40 candidates.

The new Vilnius CHP is expected to produce almost half of the capital’s district heating from biofuels and municipal waste.

To generate energy, Vilnius CHP will use the remaining non-recyclable and non-reusable municipal waste left after sorting that has energy value. It will be able to incinerate 160,000 tonnes of waste per year. This amount of waste would be diverted from landfills. Vilnius CHP will also use renewable energy sources, with around 400–450 thousand tonnes of biofuels per year to generate electricity and heat. Vilnius CHP will ensure that the European Commission’s Circular Economy targets of landfilling only up to 5% of waste are met. The plant will have a power generation capacity of approximately 90 MW and a heat generation capacity of approximately 230 MW.

The construction of the new CHP plant will create approximately 750 jobs, and approximately 100 permanent jobs once the plant is built.