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Power generation by Latvian hydro power plants grows 69.2% y-o-y in Jan-April

BC, Riga, 26.05.2017.Print version
n the first four months of 2017, Latvia's hydro power plants generated by 69.2% more electric power than during the same period in 2016, according to the information from the Central Statistical Bureau.

In January-April this year, the hydro power plants in Latvia generated 1.711 bln kWh of electric power compared to 1.011 bln kWh of electric power in January-April 2016.


Combined heat and power generation (cogeneration) plants generated 1.33 bln kWh of electric power in January-April 2017, up 4.3% y-o-y from 1.275 bln kWh of electric power produced in the first four months of 2016.


Wind farms in Latvia produced 53 mln kWh of electric power in the first four months of this year at a 32.5% rise from 40 mln kWh in January-April 2016.


In 2016, hydro power plants in Latvia generated 2.529 bln kWh of electric power, cogeneration plants produced 3.745 bln kWh and wind farms 130 million kWh.






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