Electricity production in Azerbaijan up 3%

In January-July of this year, Azerbaijan's electricity production increased by 2.6%, to 16.278 billion kWh compared to the same period last year, Report informs, citing the Ministry of Energy.

According to the information, in the last year, the thermal power plants increased production by 25.1 million kWh to 14.893 billion kWh, hydropower plants by 286.5 million kWh to 1,163.9 million kWh, and other sources (wind power plants, solar power plants, etc) by 8.4 million kWh to 221.2 million kWh. Wind power plants produced 54.0 million kW/h, solar power plants 37.5 million kW/h, and the solid waste incineration plant 129.7 million kW/h of electricity.