The neto electricity consumption in Latvia totalled 7 297 056 MWh, average Nord Pool day-ahead price for Latvian bidding area decreased to 46.28 EUR/MWh. Local generation covered 84.7% of national consumption.
Year 2019 in numbers:
ELECTRICITY GENERATION IN LATVIA
|
Generation type |
Current period (2019) MWh |
Relative changes from the previous year |
2018, MWh |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Daugava Hydro |
2 036 063 |
-14% |
2 366 191 |
|
Thermal* |
2 822 835 |
4% |
2 712 652 |
|
Wind |
152 489 |
26% |
120 840 |
|
Cogeneration (up to 10MW) |
383 821 |
-17% |
462 230 |
|
Biomass (up to 10MW) |
399 627 |
-9% |
438 150 |
|
Biogas (up to 10MW) |
322 780 |
-8% |
349 122 |
|
Small Hydro (up to 10MW) |
59 829 |
18% |
50 874 |
|
Solar |
1 534 |
20% |
1 277 |
|
Production (Total) |
6 178 978 |
-5% |
6 501 335 |
* Rīgas TEC-1, Rīgas TEC-2, AS "Rīgas Siltums", SIA "Juglas Jauda", SIA "Fortum"
LATVIAN ELETRICITY IMPORT/EXPORT
|
Current period (2019), MWh |
Relative changes from the previous year |
2018, MWh |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Electricity import to Latvian electricity grid |
4 610 761 |
-11% |
5 173 682 |
|
Export from Latvian electricity grid |
3 492 683 |
-18% |
4 264 801 |
|
Net exchange SALDO |
1 118 078 (deficit) |
23% |
908 880 (deficit) |
LATVIAN CONSUMPTION COVERED BY LOCAL GENERATION
|
|
Current period (2019), MWh |
Relative changes from the previous year |
2018, MWh |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Latvian electricity consumption |
7 297 056 |
-1.5% |
7 410 215 |
|
Consumption share covered by local generation |
84.7% |
-3.06 (percentage points) |
87.7% |
UTILIZATION OF BALTIC INTERCONNECTIONS
|
Interconnections |
Average year 2019 utilization[a] % |
Relative changes from the previous year (percentage points) |
Lowest fixed monthly utilization of the year 2019 |
Highest fixed monthly utilization of the year 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
LV -> LT |
13% |
-18 |
5.5% |
21.3% |
|
EE -> LV[b] |
29% |
-27 |
9.6% |
50.6% |
|
LBI[c]- > LT |
79% |
16 |
68.4% |
88.6% |
|
LT -> LV |
20% |
13 |
7.7% |
40.7% |
|
PL -> LT |
10% |
-19 |
1.3% |
37.4% |
|
LT -> PL |
55% |
16 |
32.2% |
67.9% |
|
SE4 - > LT |
64% |
5 |
36.1% |
94.0% |
|
FI - > EE |
46% |
18 |
18.9% |
81.9% |
|
LV- > EE |
8% |
5 |
0.2% |
14.7% |
|
EE - > FI |
3% |
-7 |
0.0% |
13.9% |
|
LKAL[d] - > LT |
99% |
1 |
94.4% |
100.0% |
THE BALTIC STATES' TRADE WITH THE 3rd COUNTRIES
|
Current period (2019), MWh |
Relative changes from the previous period |
2018, MWh |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Import from 3rd countries to the Baltic States |
7 823 174 |
42% |
5 502 328 |
|
Import from EU countries to the Baltic states |
7 913 798 |
31% |
6 018 101 |
REGIONAL DAY-AHEAD PRICES (NORD POOL)
|
Price area |
Average year 2019 price EUR/MWh |
Relative change compared with previous year |
Average year 2018 price EUR/MWh |
Lowest fixed hour price EUR/MWh |
Highest fixed hour price EUR/MWh |
Lowest fixed daily price EUR/MWh |
Highest fixed daily price EUR/MWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
NP Finland |
44.04 |
-6% |
46.8 |
0.12 |
200.00 |
9.43 |
89.75 |
|
NP Estonia |
45.86 |
-3% |
47.07 |
0.12 |
200.00 |
11.99 |
89.75 |
|
NP Latvia |
46.28 |
-7% |
49.9 |
0.12 |
200.00 |
11.99 |
89.45 |
|
NP Lithuania |
46.12 |
-8% |
50 |
0.12 |
200.00 |
11.99 |
89.45 |
|
NP Sweden (SE4) |
39.80 |
-14% |
46.36 |
0.12 |
109.50 |
9.04 |
79.45 |
COMPARISON OF PRICES BETWEEN NEIGHMOURING PRICES AREAS (NORD POOL)
|
Comparable NP price areas |
Hours with the same price (2019), % |
Relative changes from the previous period |
2018, % |
|---|---|---|---|
|
NP FI & EE |
88% |
-6.4 |
95% |
|
NP EE & LV |
94% |
20.2 |
74% |
|
NP LV & LT |
97% |
-0.5 |
98% |
|
NP LT & SE4 |
59% |
-5.1 |
64% |
IMBALANCE ENERGY PRICES FOR LATVIA
|
Average Imbalance price 2019, EUR/MWh |
Relative change from the previous year, % |
Average Imbalance price 2018, EUR/MWh |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Estonian imbalance price[e] |
47.12 |
-2% |
48.01 |
|
Latvian imbalance price |
47.81 |
-3% |
49.07 |
|
Lithuanian imbalance price |
47.81 |
-3% |
49.09 |
|
Total activated energy by source country, MWh |
||
|---|---|---|
|
|
Up |
Down |
|
Estonia |
20 413 |
22 648 |
|
Latvia |
28 465 |
15 676 |
|
Lithuania |
55 357 |
22 454 |
|
Finland |
45 462 |
110 279 |
|
Sweden |
22 428 |
43 950 |
|
|
Average standard bid amount in hour, MW |
% of hours with no standard bids (average in 2019) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Up |
Down |
Up |
Down |
||
|
Baltics |
4024 |
3556 |
0.5% |
10.9% |
|
|
Estonia |
333 |
358 |
17.2% |
33.7% |
|
|
Latvia |
1775 |
941 |
8.7% |
42.0% |
|
|
Lithuania |
1917 |
2257 |
8.2% |
21.9% |
|
[a] Utilization = monthly sum of commercial flow (MWh) / monthly sum of Net Transfer Capacity MWh.
[b] Estonian - Latvian interconnection includes Estonian-Latvian and Estonian-Russian- Latvian interconnection
[c] Electricity import from the3rd countries (Russia and Belarus) to the Baltic States takes place on the Lithuania-Belarusian border (LT-LBI) and Lithuania- Kaliningrad border
[d] Electricity import from the3rd countries (Russia and Belarus) to the Baltic States takes place on the Lithuania-Belarusian border (LT-LBI) and Lithuania- Kaliningrad border
[e] Imbalance is energy volume representing the difference between the allocated volume and the final position within a given imbalance settlement period