Latvia - Latvian power distribution system operator Sadales tīkls JSC has plans to install solar panels on up to 700 transformer sub-stations

The company explains this decision was made in order to produce sufficient electricity to ensure the operations of transformer sub-stations and reduce overall operational costs of electricity. 

A pilot project is underway in Dobele. Two transformer sub-stations have been fitted with solar panels there. According to the company, they plan to start gradually installing solar panels on transformer sub-stations across all of Latvia soon. The focus is two-storey transformer buildings with an appropriate roof structure. Sadales tīkls board chairman Sandis Jansons notes this is an important project that would help raise the company’s long-term energy efficiency and reduce overall power procurement costs.

He explains that Sadales tīkls maintains the power network in Latvia. The total length of this network reaches nearly 93 000 km. To ensure power supply services, it is necessary to use enormous volumes of power. Most of this volume goes towards technological consumption, otherwise known as losses generated as a result of the power distribution process.

Source: BNN - News