During 6 months only 5.2 million KWh of power generated in Azerbaijan from alternative sources
During 6 months, 2015 11,684,500,000 kwh of power was generated in Azerbaijan, up 2.5% against the same period last year.
Turan reported quoting the State Statistical Committee that during this period the power generation in the country totaled 11,144,300,000 KWh, which means that losses in the generating system totaled 540.2 million KWh.
Power generation in Azerbaijan (million KWh)
months | Thermal power stations | Hydraulic power stations | Total generation |
January | 2 113,8 | 86,0 | 2 200,8 |
February | 1 829,1 | 56,2 | 1 886,1 |
March | 1 941,4 | 91,7 | 2 033,8 |
April | 1 650,0 | 179,8 | 1 830,7 |
May | 1 293,7 | 291,2 | 1 416,3 |
June | 1 399,8 | 206,4 | 1 607,3 |
During 6 months | 10 227,8 | 911,3 | 11 443,3 |
According to the State Statistical Committee, during 6 months thermal and hydraulic power stations of Azerbaijan generated a total of 11,139,100,000 KWh of power.
The Committee reported nothing about the missing part of power – 304.2 million KWh. It mentioned that during this period 1.6 million KWh of power has been generated by the solar panels and 3.6 million KWh of power by the wind generators. It is unknown how 299 million KWh of power has been generated. -0—
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