Installed capacity — Latvia
What Latvia could produce with everything running at once: installed capacity by source, as reported for 2026, next to how much has actually run.
- Run-of-river hydro 37.3%
- Natural gas 27.1%
- Solar 26.7%
- Biomass 3.6%
- Onshore wind 3.2%
- Other sources 2.1%
| Source | Capacity (MW) | Of total | Installations | Against 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run-of-river hydro | 37.3% | NaN | 0 | |
| Natural gas | 27.1% | NaN | +41 | |
| Solar | 26.7% | NaN | +685 | |
| Biomass | 3.6% | NaN | −14 | |
| Onshore wind | 3.2% | NaN | +2 | |
| Other sources | 2.1% | NaN | — |
How much ran at once
The highest output delivered at a single moment over the past twelve months, by source group, next to the installed capacity.
Of 4,256 MW installed, the most that ever ran at one moment was 2,036 MW — 48% of the fleet, on 27/03/2026, 12:00:00.
- Hydro 1,249/ 1,588 MW 79%
- Gas 906/ 1,153 MW 79%
- Solar 1,349/ 1,135 MW 119%
- Biomass 80/ 152 MW 53%
- Wind 174/ 138 MW 126%
- Other 97/ 90 MW 108%
The peak is read from our own generation archive, not estimated: it is a lower bound on what the fleet can do. A small ratio means the group's sources never all ran together — reservoir hydro starts at peak demand, thermal plants sit idle when they are not called. A ratio above one hundred means the declared capacity has fallen behind: the figure is declared at the start of the year while new units come online during it. Groups are compared here rather than individual source types: the same source can report capacity under lignite and generation under coal, and at group level the two meet.
How it changed, year by year
Total installed capacity, from 2015 to 2026.
- 2026 4,256MW +804
- 2025 3,452MW +147
- 2024 3,305MW +134
- 2023 3,171MW +156
- 2022 3,015MW +172
- 2021 2,843MW +11
- 2020 2,832MW −9
- 2019 2,841MW +20
- 2018 2,821MW 0
- 2017 2,821MW +24
- 2016 2,797MW −10
- 2015 2,807MW —
The figures come from the ENTSO-E Transparency Platform: installed generation capacity by production type. The year is the one the operator reports for, not the year the figure was published.
Batteries are not here as a source of their own: they fall under “other”. The number of installations is, though — this country’s source counts them one by one, and the average per installation says on its own whether the fleet sits on roofs or in fields.