In September, a Wind Power Generation Record was Achieved in Latvia

In September, the amount of electricity produced and fed into the grid in Latvia increased by 4% compared to August, reaching 384 GWh, which is 16% more than in September 2025. In September, the production of electricity significantly increased in several types of power plants.

With the connection of new wind farms to the transmission network, the amount of electricity produced in wind power plants reached a historically high level of 51 gigawatt-hours (GWh). This is 49% more than in August and 3.5 times more than in September of last year, according to the electricity market review prepared by AS "Augstsprieguma tīkls" (AST).

Electricity consumption in September in Latvia increased by 2.0% to 616 GWh compared to August, and compared to the same period last year, it was 9.1% higher. Local electricity production accounted for 62.39% of the total electricity consumption in the country, which is 1.4 percentage points more than in August.