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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