Baku, Azerbaijan, April 20
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
Azerbaijan’s power plants generated 6.12 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in January-March 2018 that is by 1.5 percent less than in the same period of 2017, says a report of the State Statistics Committee.
The report says that 5.89 billion kilowatt hours of the total electricity generated in January-March 2018 accounted for commercial electricity, which is 1.1 percent less than in January-March 2017.
Thermal power plants generated 5.54 billion kilowatt hours of total commercial electricity in January-March 2018 that is 0.8 percent less than in January-March 2017.
Azerbaijan’s hydro-power plants generated 338.9 million kilowatt hours of commercial electricity in January-March 2018 that is 10.9 percent less than in January-March 2017.
Wind farms produced 6.2 million kilowatt hours of electricity, while solar power plants generated 7.7 million kilowatt hours of electricity in the reporting period.
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