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Former Latvian PM: peat is best energy alternative

Mar 26, 2008
By TBT staff

RIGA - A former prime minister and an influential backer of a ruling coalition party has called for intensifying utilization of Latvia’s peat reserves as an alternative to building a new coal-fired plant. Andris Skele, speaking in an interview to Latvijas Avize, the country’s bestselling daily, stressed that Latvia had an abundance of peat available and much of it was easily accessible.  As he explained, Latvia has 1.5 billion tons of peat, putting it in eighth place throughout the worl ...


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