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Energy Development Guidelines for 2007-2016

Source: International Energy Agency
Last updated: 25 June 2025

The Energy Development Guidelines for 2007-2016 aim to provide short- and long-term strategy for the efficient distribution and use of energy resources as well as to:



  • Increase security of energy supply;

  • Diversify energy sources;

  • Increase the share of electricity derived from renewable energy sources in Latvia’s total energy consumption and to increase energy self-sufficiency;

  • Improve the country’s energy supply infrastructure;

  • Support further energy market liberalisation;

  • Create suitable conditions for further integration with EU energy market;

  • Comply with obligations and targets resulting from the Kyoto Protocol and the Latvian Mitigation Programme 2005-2010.


Reaching these goals will help Latvia to preserve its natural environment, improve living conditions and stimulate the sustainable economic growth of the country.

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