ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION DECLINES BY 6.6% IN ARMENIA IN JANUARY-NOVEMBER 2006 ON SAME PERIOD OF LAST YEAR

Noyan Tapan
Jan 09 2007

YEREVAN, JANUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. In January-November 2006, 5,330
mln kwh of electricity was generated in Armenia, which is by 6.6%
less than in the same period of the previous year. According to the
RA National Statistical Service, electricity production at hydropower
plants grew by 5.3%, that at thermal power plants and the Armenian
Nuclear Power Plant declind by 23.1% and 3.5% respectively.

In the eleven months of 2006, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant
generated 2,351.3 mln kwh of electricity, which made 44.1% of the
electricity generated in the country, the thermal power plants –
1,258.5 mln kwh (23.6%), the hydropower plants – 1,717.9 mln hwh
(32.2%) and the wind power plant – 2.3 mln kwh (0.1%).