Energy output totaled 5.68bn kwh in Armenia this year – a 7% decrease as compared with last year.

At his news conference RA Minister of Energy Armen Movsisyan said that the economic crisis caused many enterprises to stop their operation, which accounts for the decrease in energy output.

Movsisyan is satisfied with the output of water power – 2bn kwh. The energy output of small hydropower plants reached 335m kwh this year against 229kwh last year. “The construction of small hydropower plants produces prompt results, and the program has proved its worth. The energy production potential of Armenian hydropower plants is 5m kwh, while the current energy output is 350m kwh. The rest 150m kwh will be produced after 150 new small hydropower plants have been constructed,” the Minister said.

He also reported a decrease in the energy output of thermal power plants percentage wise. This year’s output was a little more than 1bn kwh against 1.8bn kwh last year.

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