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Increase in volume of electricity produced in CHP plants in Latvia in 2015
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Last year, there were 183 active CHP plants – 8 CHP plants more than in 2014. Total installed electrical capacity of CHP plants accounted for 1 275.1 megawatts (MW) in 2015; it has doubled since 2007 and grown by 9.8 MW, as compared to 2014.
Indicators characterising activities of CHP plants, 2015
|
Installed electrical capacity of CHP plants |
Number of CHP plants |
Total installed electrical capacity, MW |
Electricity produced, GWh |
Heat produced, GWh |
|
TOTAL |
183 |
1 275.1 |
3 526.8 |
5 540.4 |
|
0.2 MW or less |
21 |
3.1 |
18.4 |
38.6 |
|
0.2–0.5 MW |
37 |
14.2 |
81.4 |
134.7 |
|
0.5–1 MW |
62 |
50.3 |
332.2 |
634.5 |
|
1–5 MW |
56 |
130.0 |
800.1 |
1 695.5 |
|
5–20 MW |
3 |
27.7 |
105.6 |
186.1 |
|
20 MW or more |
4 |
1 049.8 |
2 189.1 |
2 851.0 |
In Latvia there are four CHP plants with installed electrical capacity over 20 MW, comprising 82% of the total installed electrical capacity of the CHP plants. Electricity produced in these CHP plants accounted for 62% of the total volume of electricity produced. Three of the plants were located in Riga, one – in Zemgale region.
In 2015, CHP plants in Riga had the highest installed electrical capacity – 1 060.0 MW or 83% of the total installed electrical capacity of the CHP plants. The CHP plant in Zemgale region had the second highest installed electrical capacity – 60.6 MW that is 2% more than in 2014. In 2015, the lowest installed electrical capacity (27.6 MW) was recorded in Vidzeme region – a drop of 3%, as compared to 2014.
The bulk of CHP plants using renewable energy sources (RES) was located in Vidzeme and Zemgale region. For instance, in 2015 installed electrical capacity of RES-fuelled CHP plants in Vidzeme constituted 23.2 MW or 79% of the total installed electrical capacity in this region.
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| Electrical capacity of and fuel consumed in CHP plants in Latvia regions, 2015 |
Natural gas is the main energy source used for production of electricity and heat in Latvian CHP plants. In 2015, 78% of electricity and 68% of heat were produced in CHP plants by using natural gas; electrical capacity thereof accounted for 1 147.1 MW.
Installed electrical capacity of CHP plants by type of fuel consumed, 2010–2015 (%)
|
Fuel type |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Natural gas |
98.1 |
96.9 |
93.8 |
91.2 |
90.1 |
90.0 |
|
Fuelwood |
0.5 |
0.4 |
1.7 |
4.3 |
5.0 |
5.1 |
|
Biogas |
1.1 |
2.4 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
|
Other |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
During the last five years, consumption of natural gas in CHP plants has been reducing. In 2010, natural gas took 98.1% of the installed electrical capacity of CHP plants, whereas in 2015 those were 90.0%. RES share consumed by CHP plants has grown by 3.9% during the last three years. Since 2007, installed electrical capacity of RES-fuelled CHP plants has went up 13 times, reaching 124.9 MW in 2015. Volume of electricity produced in RES-fuelled CHP plants grew 17 times, reaching 768.5 GWh that is 22% of the total volume of electricity produced in CHP plants.
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