On 23 March, at the Riga Castle, the fourth discussion on the long-term development of the energy sector was held at the initiative of the President Edgars Rinkēvičs, focusing on progress in the Latvia’s Energy Strategy until 2050 prepared by the Ministry of Climate and Energy. Opening the discussion, the President called for greater attention to risk and resource diversification in the energy sector. He emphasised, first, the development of interconnections in order to promote Latvia’s export…
On 23 March, at the Riga Castle, the fourth discussion on the long-term development of the energy sector was held at the initiative of the President Edgars Rinkēvičs, focusing on progress in the Latvia’s Energy Strategy until 2050 prepared by the Ministry of Climate and Energy. Opening the discussion, the President called for greater attention to risk and resource diversification in the energy sector. He emphasised, first, the development of interconnections in order to promote Latvia’s export growth while improving security of energy supply. Second, he highlighted the need to expand generation capacity to ensure, as far as possible, Latvia’s energy self-sufficiency, noting the strong foundations already in place through hydroelectric…
