The production in the sector of electric power, gas and steam production, distribution and supply amounted to AZN 1,606,300,000 in January-October 2019, up 2.4% from 2018, Report informs citing the State Statistical Committee.
Production in water supply, waste treatment and processing sector has risen by 6.4% settling at AZN 272.8 million.
In the reporting period, Azerbaijan produced 19,913,700,000 kWh of electric power, up 4.7% in comparison to a year earlier.
Of this, 1,381,900,000 kWh was produced at hydro power plants, down 9.6% by contrast to a year ago.
Heating power stations produced 17,798,800,000 kWh of energy, 6.1% more than in 2018.
Wind power production rose 2.2-fold to 92.4 million kWh, solar power production by 7.7% to 37.8 million kWh.