Country sees decrease in power output
By Laman Ismayilova
Power plants of the Azerenergy JSC, Azerbaijan’s main electricity producer, generated 16.5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in January-September 2016 compared to 16.8 billion kilowatt hours generated in the same period of 2015.
The company reported that Azerenergy’s power plants produced about 1.7 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in September 2016.
In 2015, Azerenergy produced more than 22.5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity as compared to about 22.7 billion kilowatt hours generated in 2014.
Annual domestic electricity consumption in the country amounted to 20.29 billion kilowatt per hours in 2014.
Meanwhile, generation capacity of Azerbaijan's power system grew by 30 percent over the past five years.
Today, the generation capacity of Azerbaijan's power system is 7,200 megawatts. As a result, it is possible to generate around 24 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually. This enables Azerbaijan to export 2.1 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually.
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