Latvenergo
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Government-owned corporation
A government-owned corporation, state-owned company, state-owned entity, state enterprise, publicly owned corporation, government business enterprise, or parastatal is a legal entity created by a government to undertake commercial activities on behalf of an owner government...
energy company in Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
. The company generates about 70% of the country's electricity.
Latvenergo has three hydroelectric power plants, Pļaviņu HES, Rīgas HES
Rigas HES
Riga's Hydroelectric Power Plant is located just beyond Riga's southern border. It is geographically located in the town of Salaspils. Total installed power generating capacity is 402 MW. There are six generators, two transformers and two 330 kV power lines .-History:The Riga...
and Ķeguma HES-2, with a total installed capacity of 1,463 MWe
MWE
MWE may refer to:*Manufacturer's Weight Empty*McDermott Will & Emery*Midwest Express, an airline*Merowe Airport - IATA code*Multiword expressionMWe may refer to:*Megawatt electrical...
, two combined heat power plants with electricity installed capacity of 474 MWe and heat capacity of 1,525 MWt and two windmill
Windmill
A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...
parks with installed capacity of two MWe.
The company co-owns Liepājas enerģija, which has electricity installed capacity of 12 MWe and heat capacity of 427 MWt, and Augstsprieguma tīkls, a power distribution company with 5,236 km of power line
Electric power transmission
Electric-power transmission is the bulk transfer of electrical energy, from generating power plants to Electrical substations located near demand centers...
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