In September and October wind power plants in Latvia doubled their yield of electricity for the country’s total balance when compared to the previous four months, according to information compiled by AS Augstsprieguma tikls.
The total balance of wind energy was 4.3%, or 16,381 MWh in September and 4.06% or 15,851 MWh in October. The rapid increase with wind energy output can be explained with the first autumn storms and lower output for hydro power plants.
In August wind power plants generated 7,894 MWh or 1.7% of the total volume of electricity generated in the country.
Use of wind for electricity generation is directly dependent on the weather. Usually, the largest output of wind energy is observed in the period between October and January. This year’s increase commenced in September, an increase has also been observed in October in the last four-year period except for 2017, when the volume of generated wind energy was slightly larger. (BNN/Business World Magazine)
