Riga Tec 2 is a 881 MW gas power station in Stopini, Latvia. It is operated by Latvenergo AS [100%]. Based on reported annual generation of 812 GWh, it can supply roughly 232k homes. It ranks #2 of 7 Latvia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2009, it is around 17 years old — relatively modern. Its annual emissions of 546,285 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 127k cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 26.2% of Latvia's electricity; the national grid averages 139 gCO₂/kWh (73.0% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1022437.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM tracker 2026 operating-unit sum (location L100000400482); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Latvenergo AS [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 56.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 76% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.
Climate heat-demand index: 89/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
A gas turbine here also runs ~0% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).
Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #1 largest gas power plant of 3 in Latvia by capacity.
Latvia has 3 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 1,067 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 56.918, 24.2766 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Riga Tec 2 is a 881 MW source-record gas power plant in Stopini, Latvia, commissioned in 2009.
Riga Tec 2 generates about 812 GWh of electricity per year.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 231,885 homes.
Riga Tec 2 is operated by Latvenergo AS [100%].
Riga Tec 2 has measured emissions of about 546,285 tonnes of CO₂ per year (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)).
