Latvia is a net energy importer. Primary energy use in Latvia was 49 TWh, or 22 TWh per million persons in 2009. In 2018, electricity consumption per capita was 3731 kWh. Latvia has adopted the EU target to produce 50% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030. [pdf]
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The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project is a solar thermal power project with an installed capacity of 110 megawatt (MW) and 1.1 gigawatt-hours of energy storage located near Tonopah, about 190 miles (310 km) northwest of Las Vegas. Crescent Dunes is the first commercial concentrated solar power (CSP) plant. .
In late September 2011 Tonopah Solar Energy received a $737 million from the (DOE) and the right to build on public land. The capital stack included $170,000,000 in .
Crescent Dunes began operation in September 2015, but went off-line in October 2016 due to a leak in a molten salt tank. It returned to operation in July 2017. While its average monthly production was expected to exceed 40,000 ,. .
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• . SolarReserve, LLC. Archived from on August 14, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2015.• . Concentrating Solar Power Projects. (NREL),. .
The project's was , which carried out the engineering design, procured the equipment and materials necessary, and then constructed and delivered the facility to Tonopah Solar Energy. The project includes 10,347 that. .
• 2012 January – The solar tower under construction as seen from a commercial airliner. The eponymous Crescent Dunes are at lower right. • 2014 December – Completed site as seen from a commercial airliner. .
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