List of power stations in Latvia

This article lists all power stations in Latvia.

Non-Renewable[]

Thermal[]

Station	Town	Coordinates	Fuel	Type	Capacity (MW)	Completed	Notes
	Rīga	56°55′01″N 24°16′33″E / 56.9170000°N 24.2759000°E / 56.9170000; 24.2759000 (Rīga Thermal Power Station-2)	Natural gas		832	1975
	Liepāja or Ventspils		Coal		400		Proposed
	Rīga		Natural gas	Cogeneration	144	1958	Originally planned to use peat as fuel
	Jelgava		Biomass	Cogeneration	23	2013
	Ventspils		Coal, biomass	Cogeneration	20
	Liepāja				12
	Olaine		Gas	Cogeneration	3.3	2012
	Riga		Diesel		10	1938	Destroyed in 1944, demolished in 2017

Renewable[]

Hydroelectric[]

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
Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station	Aizkraukle	56°34′56″N 25°14′14″E / 56.5822027°N 25.2373123°E / 56.5822027; 25.2373123 (Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station)	883.5	1965
Riga Hydroelectric Power Plant	Salaspils	56°51′05″N 24°16′19″E / 56.8513187°N 24.2720389°E / 56.8513187; 24.2720389 (Riga Hydroelectric Power Plant)	402	1974
Ķegums Hydroelectric Power Station	Ķegums	56°44′26″N 24°42′39″E / 56.7406744°N 24.710784°E / 56.7406744; 24.710784 (Kegums Hydroelectric Power Station)	264.1	1940
Aiviekste Hydroelectric Power Station			0.8	1925	First hydroelectric power station in Latvia

Wind[]

There are 19 operational wind farms in Latvia with capacity above 0.25 MW and 18 wind farms with capacity below 0.25 MW.

Biogas and biomass[]

There are currently a total of 23 operational biogas power stations and seven biomass power stations in Latvia. Most of them are cogeneration stations.

See also[]

• List of power stations in Europe
• List of largest power stations in the world