Share of renewable energy in final energy consumption

The share of renewables has been increasing since 2010, mainly due to bioenergy, solar photovoltaics and biofuel, together with energy efficiency measures. In 2023, the renewables share was 43.2%, and it exceeded 60% in almost all sectors except for electricity and transport (due to a temporary exemption from biofuel-blending obligations in 2022–2023) [1].  The share of renewable electricity in 2023 was 54.3%, although the share of renewable electricity produced in Latvia was more than 75%. Hydropower dominates electricity production, while the amount of solar energy in 2021–2023 increased by more than 18 times. The share of solar photovoltaics will increase sharply, as the total capacity of installed solar photovoltaics in 2023 was 14.6 times higher than in 2021. The renewables share in heating in 2022 exceeded 60%, mainly provided by solid biomass fuels and assisted by energy efficiency measures in the public sector and district heating. In 2022, there was a switch from natural gas to diesel fuel consumption, with the decrease in the amount of produced and consumed heat (and fuel) caused by an energy availability and pricing crisis. In coming years, the bioenergy share should increase, as biomass capacities increased as a reaction to the crisis.