Armenia’s electricity generation down by 7.4% in January-May 2019

A total of 2,998.4 .4 million kilowatt-hours of electricity were generated in Armenia in January-May 2019, down by 7.4% to compare with productions volumes of 2018, Armenia's National Statistical Service (NSS) reported.

According to the figures, the electricity generation at thermal power plants dropped by 36.4% to stand at 719.2 million kilowatt-hours last year. Some 13.8 thousand gigajoules of thermal energy were produced in the country in 2018, a decrease of 39.5% from 2018.

Meantime, the electricity production volumes at hydropower plants increased by 11% in the reporting period, amounting to 1,069.3 million kilowatt-hours.

In January-May 2019, Armenia’s Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) generated 203.5 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, up by 5.6%- against the 2018 production.

The electricity generation at solar power plants stood at 4.8 million kilowatt-hours last year, securing a growth 3.2 times from the reported period in the previous year.