Wind and solar power plants in Russia increased their production by 61.9% in four months

Wind power plants increased their output by 121.6% in April, and by 88.2% in January-April.

Wind and solar power plants in Russia in January-April 2022 increased production by 61.9% compared to the same period in 2021, to 2.77 billion kWh. This is stated in the message of the "System Operator" of the Unified Power System (SO UPS) of Russia.

"The total generation of RES (wind and solar power plants) in the UPS of Russia in April 2022 amounted to 766.2 million kWh, which is 66.6% more than in April 2021, for four months - 2770.4 million kWh , which is 61.9% more than in the same period of 2021," the statement said.

At the same time, in the overall structure of electricity generation, renewable energy generation accounted for 0.8% of total production in April and 0.7% for four months of 2022.

In particular, wind farms increased their output by 121.6% in April, and by 88.2% in January-April. Production at SPP increased by 12.2% and 12.8%, respectively.