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Azerbaijan’s electricity export down

Economy Materials 18 August 2016 19:10 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 18

By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:

Azerbaijan exported 195.15 million kilowatt hours of electricity in January-July 2016 versus 210.67 million kilowatt hours exported in the same period of 2015, said a statistical report of the State Customs Committee (SCC).

Azerbaijan exported electricity worth $9.21 million in January-July 2016 versus $12.8 million exported in the same period of 2015.

The country exported 276.78 million kilowatt hours of electricity in 2015 versus 588.32 million kilowatt hours exported in 2014.

Azerenergy JSC is the main producer of electricity in Azerbaijan. The company has hundreds of substations and dozens of power plants.

Generation capacity of Azerbaijan's power system grew by 30 percent over the past five years.

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