BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 20. Azerbaijan’s solar power capacity in 2021 amounted to 40 MW, Trend reports via the latest publication from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
According to the report, this figure increased by 14.2 percent, compared to 35 MW in 2020, and by 21.2 percent, compared to 33 MW in 2019.
At the same time, Azerbaijan’s solar energy production in 2020 decreased by 6.8 percent year-on-year (44 GWh in 2019) to 47 GWh, IRENA said.
Azerbaijan’s total renewable energy capacity in 2021 amounted to 1,305 MW. This figure increased by 0.6 percent, compared to 1,296 MW in 2020, and by 1.2 percent, compared to 1,289 MW in 2019.
At the same time, Azerbaijan’s renewable energy production in 2020 decreased by 26 percent year-on-year (1,910 GWh in 2019) to 1,413 GWh, IRENA said.
“In 2020, the total amount of electricity generated from renewables was 7 468 TWh. Renewable hydro accounted for about 59 percent of this (4,356 TWh), followed by wind energy (1,589 TWh), solar energy (844 TWh), bioenergy (584 TWh), geothermal energy (95 TWh) and marine energy (1 TWh),” IRENA’s report said.
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