Latvenergo is a
state-owned electric utility
An electric utility is a company in the electric power industry (often a public utility) that engages in electricity generation and distribution of electricity for sale generally in a regulated market. The electrical utility industry is a major pr ...
company in
Latvia. Latvenergo Group provides energy supply services in the Baltics.
The Group comprises the parent company Latvenergo AS, with decisive influence, and five subsidiaries. Latvenergo AS ensures generation and trade of electricity and thermal energy as well as trade of natural gas. Sadales tīkls AS ensures electricity distribution to each customer. Elektrum Eesti OÜ and Elektrum Lietuva UAB conduct electricity trade in Estonia and Lithuania respectively. Enerģijas publiskais tirgotājs AS carries out administration of electricity mandatory procurement.
Latvenergo has four
hydroelectric power plant
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined an ...
s:
Pļaviņu HES,
Rīgas HES,
Ķeguma HES and
Aiviekstes HES, with total installed capacity of 1535
MWt, two
combined heat and power plant
Cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) is the use of a heat engine or power station to generate electricity and useful heat at the same time.
Cogeneration is a more efficient use of fuel or heat, because otherwise- wasted heat from elect ...
s with total electrical capacity of 474
MWe
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named after James Watt ...
and heat capacity of 1525 MWt and a
wind farm
A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turb ...
near
Ainaži
Ainaži (pronounced ; et, Heinaste) is a port town in Limbaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. The town is located near the Estonian border on the site of an ancient Livonian fishing village. Before 1917, it was known by its Ge ...
with installed capacity of 1.2 MW.
References
External links
Official site
Electric power companies of Latvia
Companies based in Riga
1958 establishments in Latvia
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