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Generation of electric power in Latvia down 25.2% in five months
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Hydropower plants on the Daugava River generated 1,059
gigawatt-hours (GWh) of power in January-May 2019, down 43.7% from the same
period a year ago, while small hydropower plants generated 30,997 MWh of
electric power, or 24.6 % less than a year ago.
Thermal power stations Rigas TEC-1, Rigas TEC-2, Rigas
Siltums, Juglas Jauda and Fortum generated 986,253 MWh of power. In
January-May 2019, power generation by the thermal power stations fell 7.6% y-o-y.
Combined heat and power plants generated 200,938 MWh of
electricity the first five months of this year, down 2.4% against the same
period in 2018, and biomass-fired power plants generated 183,187 MWh of power,
down 0.5 %. Power plants running on biogas generated 143,121 MWh of
electricity, down 3.9% from the first four months of 2018.
Power generation by Latvia’s wind farms increased by 48.9% y-o-y
to 71,907 MWh and solar power stations generated 568 MWh of electricity, up 9%.
According to the Augstsprieguma Tikls report,
electricity consumption in Latvia declined 1.3% y-o-y to 3,138 GWh in
January-May 2019.
In May, Latvia generated 72% of the electric power consumed
during the month, which is a reduction of 4 percentage points from May 2018.
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