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13.08.2025

By investing EUR 2 million, a Latvian and Norwegian team develops an innovative solution for inspecting wooden utility poles

Latvian technology company SIA InPass, in cooperation with the electrical network maintenance company AS Sadales tīkls, the Norwegian drone and aerial data technology company Aersea, and the research centre Norce, is developing...

14.04.2025

How to build a secure power supply at a time of little security? Ukraine experience at AC/DC Tech 2025

2025 has marked a major event for Latvia, with a successful connection to the European power grid, cutting the last remaining energy ties with Russia and Belarus. This is not the end of the global challenges that the energy sect...

28.12.2024

Balancing generation and consumption will be one of the big energy challenges of 2025

While one of the most prominent features of 2023 was the energy price crisis, including record electricity market prices, in 2024, we saw a stabilisation of energy prices, which play a major role in the economic upturn. At AS Sa...

13.12.2024

Sadales tīkls donates equipment for the restoration of infrastructure in Chernihiv

The full-scale war launched by Russia in Ukraine has been ongoing for more than 1000 days, and help for the Ukrainian defenders is still desperately needed. Continuing its communication with its energy colleagues in Ukraine, AS...

09.04.2024

AC/DC Tech 2024 will focus on the resilience and reliability of the electrical network

A secure and sustainable energy supply is not possible without a properly prepared infrastructure. The development of the electrical network must take into account electrification trends and industry innovations, the challenges...

05.04.2024

Number of households generating electricity in Latvia reaches 20,000

The number of households in Latvia generating their own electricity continues to grow, with solar panels being the primary choice of generation equipment (micro-generators). In the first quarter of 2024, the number of micro-gene...

31.08.2023

Sadales tīkls closes the first half of 2023 with a loss of EUR 6.6 million

Sadales tīkls AS closed the first half of 2023 with a loss of EUR 6.6 million, due to lower volumes of electricity distributed, as well as an increase in operating costs due to an increase in electricity costs, general inflation...

26.06.2023

The number of self-producing electricity households in Latvia reaches 15,000

Micro-generation or self-production of electricity in households continues to develop in Latvia, with solar panels as the primary source of power. The total number of micro-generators connected to AS Sadales tīkls infrastructure...

30.05.2023

Latvia's smart electricity meter roll-out completed: metering of more than 1 million connection points happens remotely

AS Sadales tīkls has finalised the implementation of the smart electricity metering programme, providing more than 1 million customers in Latvia with remote and automated electricity metering, various data services and other ben...

10.05.2023

Reserved capacity of solar power plants reaches 900 MW

Solar energy production capacity (both microgenerators and power plants) connected to the electricity distribution system has increased approximately 9 times in three years, from 17 megawatts (MW) in 2021 to nearly 150 MW today....