Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
Across the 4 Latvia power plants carrying an asset-level CO₂ figure in this open dataset, total emissions are about 0.75 Mt CO₂/yr. The single largest emitter, Riga Tec 2 (gas), accounts for about 73% of that 4-plant reported subset (not of the whole country). The top three owners — Latvenergo AS [100%], Rigas Siltums AS [100%] — control roughly 100% of that 4-plant reported subset. Most of these plants sit in a continental Köppen climate zone.
CO₂ — measured (US EPA / EU ETS) or modelled (Climate TRACE), per plant · backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0) · climate: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). CC BY 4.0.
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plavinas HPP | Hydro | 894 |
| 2 | Riga Tec 2 | Gas | 881 |
| 3 | Kurzeme power station | Coal | 435 |
| 4 | Riga HPP | Hydro | 402 |
| 5 | Kegums HPP | Hydro | 240 |
| 6 | RTEC1 | Gas | 138 |
| 7 | Imanta power station | Gas | 48 |
Inzonex PowerAtlas (2026). Asset-level power-plant CO2 emissions — Latvia. Derived from WRI GPPD, Climate TRACE, US EPA GHGRP and EU ETS (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/poweratlas/latvia/
There are 7 power plants in Latvia in this open dataset, with about 3,038 MW of total capacity.
Plavinas HPP is the largest at about 894 MW (hydro).
The most common plant type in this dataset is hydro (3 plants), across 3 fuel types in total.
Latvia's grid carbon intensity is about 139 gCO₂/kWh, with 73.0% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
Power plants in Latvia