BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 17
By Fidan Babayeva - Trend:
Azerbaijani hydroelectric power plants produced 642.9 million kilowatt-hours of electricity from January through May 2021, which is by 19.8 percent more than in the same period of last year, Trend reports on June17 with reference to the report of the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee.
Azerbaijani power plants during the reporting period in total produced 10.2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity ( increase of two percent on an annualized basis).
Electricity generation by thermal power plants reached 9.2 billion kilowatt-hours from January through May 2021, which is by 1.1 percent more than from January through May 2020.
Azerbaijani wind power plants generated 37.9 million kilowatt-hours of electricity from January through May 2021, which is by 14.1 percent less than from January through May last year.
Solar power plants produced 19.6 million kilowatt-hours of electricity from January through May 2021, which is by 12 percent more than in the same period of last year.
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