BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 11. The electricity generation at power plants of Azerbaijan's Azerenergy OJSC grew in the first quarter of 2022, Trend reports referring to the country’s Energy Ministry.
According to the ministry, this figure amounted to over 6.5 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), up by 275.5 million kWh (4.4 percent) on annual basis.
From January through March of this year, Azerbaijan's thermal power plants produced over 6.2 billion kWh of electricity, and hydroelectric power plants – 239.6 million kWh.
In 2021, the total electricity generation at the OJSC’s power plants increased by two billion kWh (8.7 percent) compared to 2020.
Last year, according to the ministry, the power plants of the State Energy Service of Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic generated 81.56 million kilowatt-hours (thermal power plants – 58.2 million kilowatt-hours, hydroelectric power plants – 11.7 million kilowatt-hours, and solar power plants – 11.6 million kilowatt-hours) of electricity.
Meanwhile, autonomous power plants produced more than 565.84 million kilowatt-hours, and wind power plants of Azerishig OJSC – 14.1 million kilowatt-hours.
More than 27.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were generated in Azerbaijan by all types of power plants in 2021, while electricity consumption exceeded 23.4 billion kilowatt-hours.
