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Power plants in Latvia

5 power-plant records · 2,537 MW reported capacity

  • Hydro 60%
  • Gas 40%
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Latvia at a glance

Power-plant records
5
Reported capacity
2,537 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
73.5%
Most records
Hydro, Gas
Grid operator
AST
Capital
Riga

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Plavinas HPP894 MW
  2. 2Riga Tec 2863 MW
  3. 3Riga HPP402 MW
  4. 4Kegums HPP240 MW
  5. 5RTEC1138 MW
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Latvia

Liberalised marketCompetitive generation and retail

Daugava hydropower plants supply much of demand. Latvia synchronised with Continental Europe in February 2025. Power is traded through Nord Pool.

  1. GenerationCompeting generators
  2. TransmissionIndependent grid operator
  3. DistributionRegulated local networks
  4. CustomersYou choose a supplier

Who regulates

  • SPRKEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

AST, owned by the state, runs transmission; Sadales tīkls (Latvenergo group) runs distribution.

Markets & power exchanges

Regional grid

  • ENTSO-E · Continental European gridRegional grid

    Part of the synchronous grid of Continental Europe, the largest interconnected grid in the world by customers, coordinated by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.

What does “Liberalised market” mean?

Generators sell into a wholesale market, an independent operator runs the transmission grid, and households can choose their electricity supplier. Networks stay regulated monopolies because building parallel power lines makes no sense.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Latvia generates electricity

Electricity generated6.3 TWh
Renewable share73.5%
Low-carbon share73.5%
Carbon intensity134.3 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro3.2 TWh
Wind0.28 TWh
Solar0.54 TWh
Bioenergy0.62 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas1.7 TWh
Other fossil0 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Latvia lies on the Baltic Sea around the Gulf of Riga. Forested lowlands and the Daugava river corridor define much of the country’s physical geography.

Capital
Riga
Languages
Latvian
Major cities
Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja

Geographic reference: European Union country profile. Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 5 records for Latvia. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

5 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

5 lack an owner/operator; 5 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
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List of power plants in Latvia

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Browse 5 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

5 matching records · showing 5

894 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map
863 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map
402 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map
240 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map
138 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map

MW measures rated capacity, not electricity generated. Records may describe units, installations, projects or whole complexes. Review inventory coverage and licenses. Download this country’s records.