ELECTRICITY

The preparation of a feasibility study on the possibility of exporting electricity from Central Asian countries to Europe through the territory of Azerbaijan will begin this year, the Deputy Energy Minister of Azerbaijan Elnur Soltanov told reporters, Trend reports.

He noted that the technical condition for attracting companies to carry out the work outlined within the project is already ready.

Turkmenistan might export a large volume of energy resources to Azerbaijan, Türkiye, and Kazakhstan, Chairman of the People's Council of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said at the 15th meeting of the Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in Ashgabat, Trend reports.

The Greek "Copelouzos Group" participated in the event "Energy Interconnection Europe-Egypt", organized by the Permanent Representation Office of the European Union in Cairo and the Swedish Embassy under the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU. John Karidas, CEO of Copelouzos Group's RES business unit, presented the key benefits and opportunities that the commissioning of the Egypt-Greece GREGY electricity connection will open up for Egypt and Greece, as well as for Europe as a whole.

Azerbaijan's offshore wind resources in the Caspian are large enough to export green electricity, as well as clean hydrogen, and article in The Telegraph said, Trend reports.

As the author of the article said, Azerbaijan is a relatively small country, however, vast offshore wind capacities in the country's Caspian Sea sector open major opportunities.

Greece aims to become a hub for the transfer of electricity produced by renewables in Africa and the Middle East to Central and Western Europe, amid a drive by governments to cut dependence on Russian fossil fuels. The idea is that green energy corridors will replace the pipelines that cross the continent from east to west and from north to south. The new sources of green energy for Europe lie in the south and across the Mediterranean Sea, in North Africa and the Middle East, and the route to Europe runs through Greece.

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary and Romania have great prospects for their partnership in the field of "green" energy. This was written by the Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan - Parviz Shahbazov on his Twitter page.

"With my colleague, the Minister of Energy of Romania - Virgil Popescu, we discussed the priorities of cooperation in the field of energy, such as the supply of gas from Azerbaijan and the transportation of "green" energy along the Black Sea Undersea Power Transmission Line", the publication says.

Azerbaijan and Bulgaria discussed the possibility of exchanging electricity for natural gas, the Azerbaijani and Bulgarian media reported.

The issue was discussed during the meetings of the acting Minister of Economy and Industry - Nikola Stoyanov in Baku.

“Khizi-Absheron” wind farm with an installed capacity of 240 megawatts will become the largest wind power plant in Azerbaijan, energy expert Ilham Shaban stated.

According to Shaban, to date, a hybrid power plant at the Gobustan alternative energy experimental polygon has been the largest wind power plant in the country.

„Petkim“, a subsidiary of „SOCAR Turkey“, aims to produce 200 gigawatts of electricity per year through 17 wind turbines, Director General of „SOCAR Turkey“ Zaur Gahramanov said at a press conference for representatives of the Azerbaijani media.

According to Gahramanov, renewable energy supply has a strategic importance.

Iran’s Roads and Urban Development Minister Rostam Qassemi said that Iran and Turkmenistan have reached agreements on several areas, including doubling rail transit.

Speaking in the opening session of the 16th Iran-Turkmenistan joint commission on economic cooperation on Tuesday, Qassemi said that the two countries had a multi-billion-dollar trade, but the coronavirus pandemic imposed some limitations.