BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 16. Azerbaijan's electricity import amounted to 16.1 million kWh in March of this year.
Data obtained by Trend from the Ministry of Energy reflects this figure's hike by 4.3 million kWh (36.4 percent) compared to the same month last year (11.8 million kWh).
To note, the total electricity production in Azerbaijan during the reporting period reached 7.17 billion kWh, marking a 0.6 percent (42.5 million kWh) increase from the previous year's figures (7.13 billion kWh).
Of this, the production from thermal power plants (TPPs) amounted to 6.3 billion kWh, from hydropower plants (HPPs) 669.6 million kWh, and other sources contributed 183.9 million kWh, including 9.5 million kWh from wind power plants, 112.5 million kWh from solar power plants, and 61.9 million kWh from the Waste Incineration Plant.
For the first quarter, the breakdown of electricity production was as follows: 6.38 million kWh by "Azerenergy" (TPP producing 5.7 million kWh, HPP producing 645.1 million kWh), 91.2 million kWh by the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic's State Energy Service (TPP producing 55.7 million kWh, HPP producing 21.7 million kWh, and HPP producing 13.8 million kWh), 6.3 million kWh from "Azerishig" WPP, and 689.3 million kWh from independent power plants.