ArmInfo. January-May 2019, electricity generation in Armenia amounted to 2,998.4 million kWh, with an annual decline of 7.4%. In May alone, a decline of 5.1% to 576.2 million kWh was recorded.
According to the RA Statistics Committee, in January-May 2019. for the same period of 2018. Thermal power plants reduced electricity generation by 36.4% - to 719.2 million kWh. Whereas hydroelectric power plants increased electricity generation by 11% to 1,069.3 million kWh. The Armenian NPP produced electricity in the amount of 1 203.5 million kWh. with an annual growth of 5.6%. During the reporting period, 13.8 thousand gigadjoules of thermal energy were produced, with an annual decline of 39.5%. During the reporting period, wind power plants produced 1.6 million kWh of electricity, which is 1.8 times more than a year ago. The volume of energy production by solar power plants amounted to 4.8 million kWh. with growth for the year by 3.2 times.
It should be noted that electricity generation in Armenia in 2018 amounted to 7,776.9 million kWh, with an annual growth of 0.2%. TPPs increased electricity generation by 17.5%, hydropower plants - by 2.2%, Armenian NPP - by 10%. Wind power plants reduced electricity generation by 9.5%, solar power stations, on the contrary, increased 12.8 times.
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