Latvia 2025 solar Energy Storage

What is Latvia's Energy Strategy 2050?

Latvia’s Energy Strategy 2050 outlines major changes in renewable energy production and storage, with significant investments planned in wind, solar, biomass, and biogas, as well as in energy storage technologies like batteries and subsurface systems to ensure supply stability .

When will battery energy storage systems be installed in Latvia?

The most recent update regarding BESS installations is that in Tume and Rēzekne, Latvia’s transmission system operator “Augstsprieguma tīkli” (AST) in June 2025 installed battery energy storage systems with a combined capacity of 80 MW and 160 MWh, which will undergo testing until October 2025.

How many renewables are there in Latvia in 2023?

These targets should be easily reached as, in 2023, the share of renewables was 43.2% (of which 54.3% for electricity, 61.4% for heat, and 1.4% in transport). Latvia exceeded by 5 pp the target set by the European Directive for a share of 40% of renewables in 2020 in the final consumption.

Does Latvia have solar energy?

So far, however, the development of solar energy in the country has been rather limited. According to Latvia’s grid-operator Sadales tīkls AS, which is a subsidiary of Latvenergo, there was just1.3 MW of renewable energy power installed under net metering at the end of 2016.