Monday, June 7 2021 13:45
Alina Hovhannisyan

Electricity generation in Armenia slows down annual growth rate

Electricity generation in Armenia slows down annual growth rate

ArmInfo. Electricity generation in Armenia in January-April 2021 amounted to 2,753 million kWh, with a slowdown in annual growth from 10.3% to 3.1%. And just within a  month, the dynamics turned from the March 16% growth to the April 13%  decline - to 640.1 million kWh.  This is evidenced by the data of the  RA Statistical Committee.

According to statistics, in January-April 2021, compared to the same  period in 2020, TPPs reduced electricity generation by 11.3% - to  943.1 million kWh. At the same time, the increase in electricity  generation was recorded by HPPs - by 23.8% to 678.8 million kWh, and  the Armenian NPP - by 5.3% to 1109.2 million kWh.

During the reporting period, 11.3 thousand gigajoules of thermal  energy were produced, with an annual decline of 32.7%.

During the reporting period, wind farms produced 0.6 million kWh of  electricity, which is 45.5% less than a year ago.

The volume of production of solar power plants amounted to 21.3  million kWh, which is 5.3-fold more than a year ago.