Foreign relations of Latvia Foreign Affairs, Latvia maintains embassies in Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, the People's Republic of China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uzbekistan. It also operates missions to the United Nations in New York City and Geneva, to the European Union, the Chemical Weapons Nonproliferation Organization, the OSCE, NATO, World Trade Organization, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Latvia has a Consulate General in Russia; Consulates in Belarus and Russia; Honorary
Oil shale in Estonia increasing the use of other energy sources such as renewable energy and natural gas. In 2016, 73% of oil shale mined in Estonia was used for power generation, and about 90% of Estonia's electricity was generated from oil shale. About 15% of produced electricity was exported to Finland and Latvia. Eesti Energia owns the largest oil shale-fuelled power stations (Narva Power Stations) in the world. In addition, a new 300 MW station, which will use circulating fluidised bed boiler technology, is under construction in Auvere. In 2010, 11.4% of the heat supply in Estonia was generated by direct combustion of