Armenia saw a growth in electricity generation last year, according to the latest official statistics.
The country produced a total of 7 billion 776.9 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2018, up by 0.2% from the previous year, Panorama.am learned from Armenia's Statistical Committee.
According to the figures, the electricity generation at thermal power plants grew by 17.5% to stand at 3 billion 375.6 million kilowatt-hours last year.
Some 40.1 thousand gigajoules of thermal energy were produced in the country in 2018, an increase of 31% from 2017.
Meantime, the electricity production volumes at hydropower plants increased by 2.2% in the reporting period, amounting to 2,318.2 million kilowatt-hours.
The electricity generation at solar power plants stood at 5.1 million kilowatt-hours last year, securing a growth of 12.8% from the previous year.
In 2018, Armenia’s Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) generated 2,076.1 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, down by 20.7% against the 2017 production.