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Electricity generation down in Azerbaijan

Oil&Gas Materials 15 December 2017 15:55 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 15

By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:

Azerbaijan’s power plants generated 20.56 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in January-November 2017, which is 1.2 percent less than in the same period of 2016, the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee said in a report.

According to the report, 19.68 billion kilowatt hours of the total electricity generated in January-November 2017 accounted for commercial electricity, which is 1 percent less than in the same period of 2016.

Thermal power plants generated 18.01 billion kilowatt hours of total commercial electricity in January-November 2017, which is similar with the same period of 2016.

Azerbaijan’s hydro-power plants generated 1.62 billion kilowatt hours of commercial electricity in January-November 2017, which is 9.6 percent less than in the same period of 2016.

Wind farms produced 11.3 million kilowatt hours of electricity, while solar power plants generated 38.3 million kilowatt hours of electricity in the reporting period.

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