RENEWABLE ENERGYin LATVIA

Stalbe- Seville

Spain

30.03.-5.04.2014.

Energy situation

The total energy consumption - 50 833 GWh, including Latvian electricity consumption in 2012 - 7042 GWh;

around 72% of electricity consumed was produced in Latvia;

In 2012 the 33.4% increase in the amount of electricity from RES

Produced energy in Latvia

Hydro electro stations produce 3457 gwh.

Wind electro stations produce 50 gwh.

Biomass (wood, wood waste) stations produce 4 gwh.

Biogas electro stations produce 44 gwh.

and total they produce 3555 gwh.

Energy from renewable sources in Latvia:

· Wind power

· Biomass, biofuels, biogas

· Hydropower

· Solar energy

· Geothermal energy and heat pumps

Renewable energy resource which obtains increasing popularity in Latvia

Latvia gaining increasing popularity Woodchips

Woodchips - logging wastes,

which was originally was used

to get heat, but now it can be used to get electricity-

cheap cost,availability,

heat output.

The main types of RES

Share of selected renewable energy sources in total consumption thereof in Latvia

Electricity produced from renewable energy sources

Electrical capacity in hydropower plants and other power plants and CHP plants using RES

1990 1995 2000 2009 2010 2011 2012

  Electrical capacity (MW)

Total 1 487 1 508 1 515 1 572 1 622 1642 1701

Hydropower plants 1 487 1 507 1 513 1 536 1 576 1576 1576

Wind power plants - 1 2 26 30 36 59

Biomass* power plants - - - 3 5 5 23

Biogas power plants - - - 7 11 25 43

*Biomass – firewood, wood waste, wood pellets, biodiesel, straw, grain, manure, peat, etc.

Hydroelectric power station3 big HPS on the river Daugava – Plavinu, Keguma un Rigas HES. They produce 57% of the national production of energy.

Plaviņu HES

143 Small hydroelectric power stationHPS Power

The volume( GWh) 2013

The energy potential

Untapped potencials

< 1 MW 77 280 205

1- 10 MW 3445 3865 420

Braslas HPS located in our

Pargauja county

Wind resources in Latvia

The biggest wind farm is «Grobiņa» near Liepaja on the Baltic sea.

There are 33 wind generations, power 600 kw, one generator height is 77 m. In 2002 when the park started to work, it was the biggest farm in the Baltic States.

Biogas

Situation on. 30.06.2013.

Biogas as a renewable energy source:

50 working equipment, including

6 - municipal solid waste landfills,

3 - production and domestic waste water,

41 - agricultural biogas plants

The average size of agricultural biogas plants - 0.93 MW (total of 38,26 MW)

Cogeneration Station municipal solid waste landfill «Daibe»

( located in our county)

Landfill «Daibe» from the air

Cogeneration station

The project first Round the planned biogas yield within 1 year possible by replacing fossil fuels: 100 households with electricity The replacement of light vehicles by 1300 GHG emissions 7475 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of total GHG emissions.

Cogeneration station in 2013.

Solar energy

Average global radiation gain Latvian territory is 1000 kWh/m2 - 1200 kWh/m2 per year. It can be concluded that the use of solar energy to electricity pay off in Latvia only with high-efficiency technologies and potentially lower capital investment. Solar collectors for hot water production of households have already proved their efficiency in Latvian.

Private kindergarten –elementary school «Vinijs» with solar batteries

Geothermal energyGeothermal energy is thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth. Thermal energy is the energy that determines the temperature of matter.

In Latvia this type of energy is used only in private sector mainly heat production. This type of energy is very expensive process of setting, but the use is relativity simple.

Zones of Geothermal Anomalies

Renewable energy potential (the pragmatic OUTLOOK FOR 2020 to 2025)

Renewabeform of energy

ExistingPower( MW)

Electricityproduced(GWh)

Predictable power( MW)

Forecast

biomass 56 195 150 750

biogas 50 214 90 720

wind 75 126 500 1500

Small HPS

48 140 75 218

Big HPS 1522 3000 1522 3000

Total 1751 3675 2337 6188

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