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Azerbaijan's HPPs increase electricity generation

Oil&Gas Materials 26 August 2021 16:29 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan's HPPs increase electricity generation

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 26

By Sadraddin Aghjayev - Trend:

Hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) of Azerbaijan produced 877.4 million kilowatt-hours of electricity from January through July 2021, which is 102.9 million kilowatt-hours more compared to the same period of 2020, Trend reports citing the State Statistical Committee's report.

Power plants of Azerbaijan during the specified period as a whole produced over 15.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity (an increase of almost 500 million kilowatt-hours on annual basis).

At the same time, thermal power plants (TPPs) produced over 11.2 billion kilowatt-hours, which is a growth of 1.45 percent over the year.

During the reporting period, wind power plants in Azerbaijan generated 212.8 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, which is 300,000 kilowatt-hours less than a year earlier.

Solar power plants produced 32.2 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, increasing by almost 9 percent over the year.

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