Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 17
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
Azerbaijan’s power plants generated 18.75 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in January-October 2017, which is 0.2 percent more than in the same period of 2016, the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee said in a report.
According to the report, 17.96 billion kilowatt hours of the total electricity generated in January-October 2017 accounted for commercial electricity, which is 0.5 percent more than in the same period of 2016.
Thermal power plants generated 16.38 billion kilowatt hours of total commercial electricity in January-October 2017, which is 1.5 percent more than in the same period of 2016.
Azerbaijan’s hydro-power plants generated 1.53 billion kilowatt hours of commercial electricity in January-October 2017, which is 8.5 percent less than in the same period of 2016.
Wind farms produced 10.5 million kilowatt hours of electricity, while solar power plants generated 35.9 million kilowatt hours of electricity in the reporting period.
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