Power production last year drops by 7.2% to 5.671.2 billion KWH

YEREVAN, February 2, /ARKA/. Armenian nuclear power plant produced last year 2.5 billion KWh of electrical power, by 1.3% less than in the preceding year, the National Statistical Service reported.

The amount of electrical power produced by thermal power plants contracted by 38.4% to 1.128 billion KWh, while the volume of electrical power produced by hydropower plants rose by 12.4% to 2.044 billion KWh.

The nuclear power plant accounted last year for 44% of all generated power, thermal power plants accounted for 19.9% and hydropower plants for 36.1%. A windmill in northern Armenia doubled its capacity producing 4.3 million KWh.

In general, power production last year dropped by 7.2% from the preceding year to 5.671.2 billion KWh. ($1 – 376.03 Drams) M.M. -0-