Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 22
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
Azerbaijan’s power plants generated 2.18 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in January 2018 that is by 0.6 percent less than in the same period of 2017, says a report of the State Statistics Committee.
The report says that 2.09 billion kilowatt hours of the total electricity generated in January 2018 accounted for commercial electricity, which is 0.4 percent less than in January 2017.
Thermal power plants generated 1.98 billion kilowatt hours of total commercial electricity in January 2018 that is 1.8 percent less than in January 2017.
Azerbaijan’s hydro-power plants generated 108.3 million kilowatt hours of commercial electricity in January 2018 that is 6.6 percent less than in January 2017.
Wind farms produced 1.5 million kilowatt hours of electricity, while solar power plants generated 1.9 million kilowatt hours of electricity in the reporting period.
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