Baku, Azerbaijan, May 18
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
Power plants of Azerenergy JSC generated 8.01 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in January-April 2017 that is by 4.7 percent more than in the same period of 2016, says a report of the country’s State Statistics Committee.
According to the report, 7.66 billion kilowatt hours of the total electricity generated during the reporting period accounted for commercial electricity, which is 4.1 percent more than in the same period of 2016.
Thermal power plants generated 7.06 billion kilowatt hours of the total commercial electricity generated in January-April 2017, or 4.8 percent more than in the same period of 2016.
Azerbaijan’s hydro-power plants generated 572.7 million kilowatt hours of commercial electricity in January-April 2017, which is by 0.7 percent less than in the same period of 2016.
Wind farms produced 6.4 million kilowatt hours of electricity, while solar power plants – 13.9 million kilowatt hours of electricity in the period.
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