Latvia, as with other Member States of the European Union, is committed to achieving ambitious climate objectives in the field of energy and transport. One of these objectives is to promote the use of cleaner energy for transportation.
Continuing to develop the availability and infrastructure of CNG, or compressed natural gas, on 29 January this year, a Virši refuelling station was opened in Riga, at 102 Lubānas Street, where it is possible to refuel with the environmentally friendly and economical CNG.
Starting from today, the cars of JSC Latvijas Gāze that run on CNG go onto the streets.
On 1 January 2020, the Estonian-Finnish natural gas interconnector Balticconnector, a bidirectional gas pipeline that connects the natural gas infrastructures of both countries, has entered into commercial use.