According to the State Statistics Committee, over the past seven months, Azerbaijan produced 14.868.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, which is 4% more than in the same period last year.
Of these, 858.1 million kWh fell on the production of hydroelectric power plants, which is 13.3% more than a year earlier.
In the first 7 months of this year, Azerbaijan produced 54 million kilowatt-hours of wind energy, which is 11.8% less than in the first 7 months of 2020.
In January-July, the country produced 31.5 million kWh of solar power plants, which is 16.2% more than in the first seven months of last year.
It should be noted that as astonishing as the percentage of the increase in energy from alternative energy sources (wind power has decreased) may be, its share in the total amount of energy produced is only 16 percent. Thus, out of 14 billion 868.8 million kWh of energy produced in the country, only 943.6 kWh falls on the share of alternative energy.
Considering that the potential of solar and wind energy in Azerbaijan is several times higher than the potential of European countries, we still produce from these countries many times less alternative energy. The vast majority of the alternative energy we produce comes from conventional hydroelectric power plants.
For example, Norway, which is an oil country and uses oil revenues more efficiently, has three times less solar potential than we do, but while we produce 50-60 million kWh of solar energy per year, Norway produces about 300 kWh. solar energy per year.
The potential for accelerating development in this direction is greater for the oil countries, because they receive a lot of money from the sale of crude oil. By allocating some of these funds to the development of alternative energy sources, they can invest in the future.

Akif Nasirli