This article lists all power stations in Latvia.
Station | Town | Coordinates | Fuel | Type | Capacity (MW) | Completed | Notes | |
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Natural gas | 832 | 1975 | ||||||
Coal | 400 | Proposed | ||||||
Natural gas | Cogeneration | 144 | 1958 | Originally planned to use peat as fuel | ||||
Jelgava Thermal Power Station | Jelgava | Biomass | Cogeneration | 23 | 2013 | |||
Coal, biomass | Cogeneration | 20 | ||||||
12 | ||||||||
Gas | Cogeneration | 3.3 | 2012 | |||||
Diesel | 10 | 1938 | Destroyed in 1944, demolished in 2017 |
Additional to the three major hydroelectric plants, there are approximately 150-160 operational hydroelectric plants with capacity below 5 MW each.
Station | Town | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Completed | Notes | |
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883.5 | 1965 | |||||
402 | 1974 | |||||
264.1 | 1940 | |||||
0.8 | 1925 | First hydroelectric power station in Latvia |
There are 19 operational wind farms in Latvia with capacity above 0.25 MW and 18 wind farms with capacity below 0.25 MW.
Station | Town | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Completed | Notes | ||
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20.7 | 9 | 2012 | |||||
9.6 | 33 | 2002 | |||||
2.0 | 2 | ||||||
1.2 | 1996 | First wind farm in Latvia |
There are currently a total of 23 operational biogas power stations and seven biomass power stations in Latvia. Most of them are cogeneration stations.
Station | Town | Coordinates | Fuel(s) | Type | Capacity (MW) | Completed | Notes | |
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Biomass | Cogeneration | 23 | 2013 | Heating capacity - 45 MW | ||||
Landfill gas | Cogeneration | 6.3 | ||||||
Woodchips | Cogeneration | 3.0 | 2017 | Heating capacity - 11 MW | ||||
Biomass | Cogeneration | 2.4 | 2012 | |||||
Biomass | 0.7 | 2012 | ||||||
Biomass | Cogeneration | 0.73 | 2012 | |||||
Biogas | Cogeneration | 0.55 | 2010 | |||||
Biogas | 0.26 | 2009 | First biogas station in Latvia |