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Power generation at Latvian hydro power plants decreased by 9.3% in 5 months
BC, Riga, 27.06.2018.
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Print versionDuring the first five months of 2018, power generation at Latvian hydro power plants dropped 9.3% from the same period a year ago, writes LETA, according to the information from the Central Statistical Bureau.
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In the first five months of this year, the hydro power plants in Latvia generated 1.932 billion kWh of electric power in contrast to 2.131 billion kWh generated in January-May 2017.
Combined heat-and-power (cogeneration) plants generated 1.68 billion kWh of electric power, up 12.8% from the first five months of 2017 when they generated 1.49 billion kWh of electricity.
Wind farms generated 49 million kW of electricity in the first five months of 2018, down 19.7% from the same period last year when the wind farms generated 61 million kWh of power.
In 2017, hydro power plants in Latvia generated 4.368 billion kWh of electric power, cogeneration plants produced 2.968 billion kWh and wind farms 153 million kWh.
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