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So given there's plenty of hydro available in Latvia, why are they only using 3% of their generational capacity and instead are burning gas? Source: https://ap

So given there's plenty of hydro available in Latvia, why are they only using 3% of their generational capacity and instead are burning gas? Source: https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/LV https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/LV

markvdb 4y ago
Thank you for the link. Really useful. I don't know the answer to your question for certain, but let me make an educated guess: - Some electricity production in Latvia is natural gas based cogeneration, meaning it needs to run for inhabitants to have hot water. - At Pļaviņas hydro station [0], the biggest in the Baltics with 894 MW, water levels were lowered from July 11 until August 20 for maintenance work. Production might not have resumed yet. - Latvia has an extremely large natural gas storage facility at Inčukalns [0]. This might have something to do with it. [0] https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%C4%8Dukalna_pazemes_g%C4%81zes_kr%C4%81tuve https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%C4%8Dukalna_pazemes_g%C4%81... (sorry, Latvian only)
- jve 4y ago
  By the way, press 5 years on that historical graph and hydro is accounted for most generated electricity. Moreover, if you scroll knob to left to view more historical values. At 8 AM 26%+ came from hydro, but now 1,97%...