Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan GRIP 2017

3.4.3 ENERGY MIX

In 2014, the total consumption of primary energy resources in Latvia amounted to 51.7 TWh Natural gas remained the main resource for heat energy and electric energy generation. The total consumption of natural gas reached 12.6TWh, which corresponds to 24.4% of the total primary energy consumption. However, the share of natural gas has decreased from 27.8% to 24.4% in the past three years. In the consumption of primary energy sources, firewood with its total consumption of 15.5TWh was the most widely used local energy resource, and its share increased from 25.3% to 30.0% due to commissioning of the new woodchip heat-production units. Electricity generated at hydropower and wind-power stations constituted to 4.4TWh.

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Consumption of primary energy sources (Source CSB)

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Figure 3.21: Consumption of primary energy resources in Latvia

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