ArmInfo. Electric power generation in Armenia for Jan-Apr 2016 grew by 3.5% versus the same period of 2015 and totaled 2566.6 million kWh, the National Statistical Service of Armenia reports. In April alone, the electric power output grew by 5.6% to 643.1 mln kWh.
In Jan-Apr 2016, the thermal power plants decreased electric power output by y-o-y 2.8% to 765.1 mln kWh. The hydropower plants increased generation by 15.7% to 736.2 million kWh. The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant increased the output by 1% to 1064.5 million kWh. Over the period under review, 51.3 thsd GJ of thermal power was generated (26.8% y-o-y decline). Other sources generated 0.8mln kWh electric power (down 52.9% versus in Jan-Apr 2015).
To note, over 2015 electric power generation in Armenia grew only by 0.6% and totaled 7798.2 mln kWh and in December alone by 9%. In 2015 thermal power plants decreased the output by 14.8%, while the hydro power plants increased the electricity output by 10.7%. The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant increased the output by 13.1%. Thermal power generation grew by 10.4%.
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