Nearly 9.2 billion kilowatt hours of marketable electricity were produced in Azerbaijan in January-May, 2014, which is by 3 percent more than in the same period of 2013, Azerbaijan's State Statistical Committee said in its report.
The thermal power plants (TPP) accounted for some 8.6 billion kilowatt hours of the total volume of marketable electricity produced in January-May, 2014, which is by 4.7 percent more than in the same period of 2013.
Azerbaijan's hydro power plants (HPP) produced some 575.1 million kilowatt hours of marketable electricity in January-May, which is by 17.3 percent less than in the same period of 2013.
Nearly 20.63 billion kilowatt/hours of marketable electricity were generated in Azerbaijan in 2013, which is by 0.6 percent more than in 2012. Some 19.26 billion kilowatt/hours of the total volume of electricity generated in 2013 fell to TPPs, which is by 2.7 percent more than in the same period of 2012. HPPs produced nearly 1.37 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in 2013, which is by 21.7 percent less than in 2012.
The generation capacity of Azerbaijan's power supply system has increased by 30 percent in the last five years. Currently, its capacity is 7,105 megawatt and this allows the generation of around 24 billion kilowatt hours of electricity and subsequently, export of about 2.1 billion kilowatt hours of electricity.