Power generation increased by 6.5% per annum for 9 months of 2017 in Armenia

ArmInfo. Electricity  generation in Armenia in Jan-Sep 2017 was 5,745.2 million kWh, with  an annual growth of 6.5%, while only in September, declined by 0.2%  to 622.1 million kWh.

According to the National Statistical Service of Armenia, in Jan-Sep  2017, TPP increased the generation of electricity by 54% per annum -  up to 2,051.7 million kWh. At the same time, the hydro power plant  reduced its electricity generation by 1.8% to 1,823.3 million kWh and  Armenian Nuclear Power Plant - by 15.3% - to 1,868.9 million kWh.  During the reporting period, 64.2 thousand gigajoules of thermal  energy was generated, with an annual growth of 25.1%. Other sources  produced 1.3 million kWh of electricity during the reporting period,  which is 18.2% higher than the figure for the previous year.

For the 2016 the power generation in Armenia was 7315.2 million kWh,  with an annual decline of 6.2%.  TPPs reduced electricity generation  by 7.8%, Armenian NPP - by 14.6%, thermal energy production fell by  43.7%, and against this background, a modest growth rate of HPP  generation by 6.6% could not bring the dynamics of the energy complex  to ascending trend.