Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 16
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
Azerbaijan’s power plants generated 16.97 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in January-September 2017, which is 1 percent more than in the same period 2016, the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee said in a report.
According to the report, 16.25 billion kilowatt hours of the total electricity generated in January-September 2017 accounted for commercial electricity, which is 1.3 percent more than in the same period 2016.
Thermal power plants generated 14.78 billion kilowatt hours of the total commercial electricity in January-September 2017, which is 2.5 percent more than in the same period 2016.
Azerbaijan’s hydro-power plants generated 1.43 billion kilowatt hours of commercial electricity in January-September 2017, which is 8.2 percent less than in the same period 2016.
Wind farms produced 9.6 million kilowatt hours of electricity, while solar power plants generated 32.6 million kilowatt hours of electricity in the reporting period.
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