Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 16
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
Azerbaijan generated 17.2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in January-September 2015, or 1.2 percent more than in the same period of 2014, the country's State Statistics Committee said in its January-September 2015 report.
Of the total volume of electricity generation, some 16.38 billion kilowatt hours accounted for commercial electricity, which is 1.2 percent more than in the same period of 2014.
Moreover, of the total volume of commercial electricity generated in January-September 2015, around 15.13 billion kilowatt hours accounted for thermal electricity (88 percent of the total volume of electricity generation), which is 0.2 percent less than in the same period of 2014.
Azerbaijan's hydro power plants produced 1.24 billion kilowatt hours of commercial electricity in January-September, which is 21.4 percent more than in the same period of 2014.
Wind power generation facilities produced 4.7 million kilowatt hours of electricity in January-September 2015.
Azerbaijan produced 23.11 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in 2014, or 6.7 percent more than in 2013.
Some 21.93 billion kilowatt hours of the total volume of electricity generated in 2014 accounted for the commercial electricity or by 6.3 percent more than in 2013. The hydro power plants generated 1.23 billion kilowatt hours of electricity (commercial) in 2014, which is by 10 percent less than in 2013.
The generation capacity of Azerbaijan's power supply system has increased by 30 percent over the last five years. Currently, its capacity is 7,105 megawatt. This generates around 24 billion kilowatt hours of electricity and export 2.1 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually.
Edited by CN
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