Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 20
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
Azerbaijani power plants generated 2.19 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in January 2017, which is by 5.6 percent more than in the same period of 2016, the country’s State Statistics Committee said in a report.
According to the report, some 2.1 billion kilowatt hours of the total electricity generated during the reporting period accounted for commercial electricity in January 2017, which is by 5.7 percent more than in January 2016.
Thermal power plants generated 1.98 billion kilowatt hours of the total commercial electricity generated in January 2016, or by 4.7 percent more than in the same period of 2016.
Azerbaijan’s hydro-power plants generated 116.6 million kilowatt hours of commercial electricity in January 2017, which is by 24.4 percent more than in January 2016.
Wind farms produced 1.4 million kilowatt hours of electricity, while solar power plants – 2.7 million kilowatt hours of electricity in the reporting period.
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