Analytics, Energy, Latvia

Thermal power stations Rigas TEC-1, Rigas TEC-2, Rigas Siltums, Juglas Jauda and Fortum generated the bulk of that amount, or 585,578 megawatt hours (MWh) of power. In January-February 2019, power generation by the thermal power stations increased 0.6% y-o-y.

Hydropower plants on the Daugava River generated 225,787 MWh of power in January-February 2019, which is 3.4 times less than in the same period a year ago, while small hydropower plants generated 10,473 MWh of electric power, or 36.7% less than a year ago.

Combined heat and power plants generated 88,368 MWh of electricity the first two months of this year, up 2.8% against the same period in 2018, and biomass-fired power plants generated 73,100 MWh of power, up 1.7%. Power plants running on biogas generated 57,278 MWh of electricity, down 2.1 % from the first two months of 2018.

Power generation by Latvia’s wind farms increased by 48% to 30,121 MWh and solar power stations generated 56 MWh of electricity, up 47.4%.

According to the Augstsprieguma Tikls report, electricity consumption in Latvia declined 1.5% y-o-y to 1.325 GWh in January-February 2019.

In the two months of this year, 76 % of the electric power consumed in Latvia was generated by local sources, which is a reduction of 35 %age points from the same period in 2018.

Electricity imports from third countries accounted for 915,464 MWh in January-February, which is 2.7 times more than a year ago. The Baltic states can only import electric power from third countries via the Nord Pool Lithuanian trading area.

In January-February 2018, Latvia generated 1,599 GWh of electric power.