Wednesday, April 6 2022 15:55
Alina Hovhannisyan

Electricity generation in Armenia in Jan-Feb increased by 21.9% per  annum 

Electricity generation in Armenia in Jan-Feb increased by 21.9% per  annum 

ArmInfo.Electricity generation in Armenia in January-February 2022 amounted to 1,678.9 million kWh, which is 21.9% higher than a year ago (against a decline of 5.8% a year earlier). However, in February alone, a decline of 10.3% was  recorded - to 793.7 million kWh. This is evidenced by the data of the  RA Statistical Committee.

In particular, during the reporting period, TPPs increased  electricity generation by 44.8% - up to 830.7 million kWh. The  Armenian NPP increased electricity production by 7.3% - up to 608.1  million kWh. At the same time, HPPs reduced the volume of electricity  produced by 4.4% - to 217.8 million kWh

Wind farms produced 0.8 million kWh of electricity during the  reporting period, 2-fold exceeding the figure of a year ago.

The volume of energy production from solar power plants increased  sharply -2.7-fold on y-o-y to 21.5 million kWh.  It should be noted  that for the reporting period there are no data on the production of  thermal energy, while a year earlier it was produced 9.7 thousand  gigajoules, with a y-o-y decline of 2%.