Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 22
By Azad Hasanli - Trend:
Azerbaijan exported 276.8 million kilowatt hours of electricity in accordance with the customs declaration in 2015 versus 588.3 million kilowatt hours in 2014, the country's State Customs Committee said in its report Jan. 22.
Azerbaijan exported some $16.2 million worth of electricity in 2015 versus $31.26 million in 2014, according to the committee.
Azerenergy JSC is the main producer of electricity in Azerbaijan. It has over 200 substations with a capacity of 500, 330, 220 and 110 kilovolt amperes, as well as eight hydro power plants and 13 thermal power plants.
The capacity of electricity energy generation system of Azerbaijan has increased by 30 percent over the past five years. At present, the figure is 7,105 megawatts, which allows producing annually about 24 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, which in turn allows the country to export annually 2.1 billion kilowatt hours of electricity.