Baku, Azerbaijan, April 21
By Emil Ismayilov - Trend:
Around 5.98 billion kilowatt hours of marketable electricity was produced in Azerbaijan in Jan.-March 2014, which is by 4.1 percent more than in the same period of 2013, the country's State Statistical Committee said in its report on the results of the first quarter of 2014.
Some 5.73 billion kilowatt hours of the total volume of marketable electricity, generated in Jan.-March 2014, fell to thermal power plants (TPP), which is by 4.7 percent more than in the same period of 2013.
Azerbaijan's hydro-power plants (HPP) generated around 247.6 million kilowatt hours of marketable electricity in Jan.-March 2014, which is by 8.6 percent less than in the same period of 2013.
Nearly 20.63 billion kilowatt hours of marketable electricity was generated in Azerbaijan in 2013, which is by 0.6 percent more than in 2012. Some 19.26 billion kilowatt hours of the total volume of electricity generated in 2013, fell to TPPs, which is by 2.7 percent more than in the same period of 2012. HPPs produced nearly 1.37 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in 2013, which is by 21.7 percent less than in 2012.
The generation capacity of Azerbaijan's power supply system has increased by 30 percent in the last five years. Currently, its capacity is 7,105 megawatt and this allows generation of around 24 billion kilowatt hours of electricity and subsequently, export of about 2.1 billion kilowatt hours of electricity.
Translated by L.Z.
Edited by C.N.