Tuesday, January 10 2017 19:38

ArmInfo. In Jan-Nov 2016,   electric power generation in Armenia dropped by 6.4% versus the same   period of 2015, and totaled 6614.6 million kWh. In November alone,  the  electric power output grew by 4.7% to 623.2 mln kWh. 

According to the National  Statistical Service of Armenia in Jan-Nov  2016, the thermal power plants decreased electric power  output by  10.9% y- o-y to 2231.3 mln kWh. The hydropower plants  increased  generation by 6% to 2175.6 million kWh. The electricity  generated by  the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant made up 2206.2 million  kWh (down  11.9% versus Jan-Oct 2015). Over the period under review,  65.2 thsd  GJ of thermal power was generated (52.3% y-o-y decline).  Other  sources generated 1.5 mln kWh of electric power (down 51.6%  versus  Jan-Nov 2015).

To note, in 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   hydropower 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%.