Armenpress
POWER PRODUCTION DOWN 6 PERCENT IN 2005
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS: Armenian power
generating facilities produced last year 5.940 billion
kilowatt/hour electricity. 6 percent less than in the
previous 2005.
Armenian National Statistical Committee said hydro
power plants produced nearly 3 percent more power from
a year before, while thermal power plants and Armenian
nuclear power plant produced 19 and 2.8 percent less
electricity respectively.
The nuclear power plant in Metsamor produced 2.640
billion kilowatt/hour electricity accounting for 44.4
percent of overall power production, while thermal
power plants produced 1.475 billion kilowatt/hours
(24.8 percent) and hydro power plants produced 1.822
billion kilowatt/hours or 31 percent.
A wind power plant in Lori province produced 2.6
million kilowatt/hours or 0.1 percent.