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Saturday, 20.04.2024, 02:32
Power generation at Latvian hydro power plants up 2.5 % y-o-y in 7 months
In the first seven months of this year, the hydro power plants in
Latvia generated 1.599 bln kWh of electric power compared to 1.56 bln kWh of electric power in January-July 2015. The highest amount - 385 mln kWh -
was generated in April, while the smallest amount - 77 mln kWh - was generated
in January.
Combined heat and power generation
(cogeneration) plants generated 1.97 bln kWh of electric power in the first
seven months of 2016, up 37.3 % from January-July 2015 when the cogeneration
plants generated 1.435 bln kWh of electric power. The highest amount - 586 mln
kWh - was generated in January, and the smallest amount - 202 mln kWh - in
February and May.
Wind farms in Latvia produced 61 mln kWh of
electric power in the first seven months of 2016 at a 31.5 % drop from 89 mln
kWh in January-July 2015.
In 2015, hydro power plants in Latvia
generated 1.868 bln kWh of electric power, cogeneration plants produced 3.522
bln kWh and wind farms 147 mln kWh.