BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 14
By Nargiz Ismayilova – Trend:
Electricity generation in Azerbaijan made up slightly over 1.9 billion kilowatt hours in April 2020, Trend reports citing the report of the Ministry of Energy.
In the reporting month, Azerbaijan’s electricity export amounted to 17.5 million kilowatt hours, and import - to 17.7 million kilowatt hours.
Meanwhile, compared to April 2019, the volume of electricity generation in the country dropped by 112.2 million kilowatt hours, export - by 86.4 million kilowatt hours, and import - by 6.5 million kilowatt hours.
From January through April 2020, electricity generation increased by 68.2 million kilowatt hours compared to the same period of 2019 year and amounted to over 8.8 billion kilowatt hours.
Power plants in Azerbaijan generated 24.2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in 2019, which is 4.3 percent more compared to 2018.
As many as 23.4 billion kilowatt hours of the total electricity generated in 2019 accounted for commercial consumption, which is 4.6 percent more compared to 2018.
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