Azerbaijan Looks Into Options For Launching Green Electricity Exports To Europe - Official
Date
11/21/2022 7:11:36 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 21. Azerbaijan is
considering several options for the implementation of the green
electricity export project to Europe, Elnur Soltanov, Deputy
Minister of energy of Azerbaijan, said in an interview with LGP
News magazine, trend reports.
According to the DM, the agreement on the expansion of energy
cooperation between Azerbaijan and the EU signed on July 18, 2022,
envisages the establishment of new routes for the export of green
energy, i.e. green electricity to Europe.
'In addition to the Southern gas Corridor (UGC) expansion, we
will also develop a green energy corridor connecting Azerbaijan to
Europe. There are two effective ways to carry out this initiative:
through the mainland of Azerbaijan, the Zangazur corridor and
Nakhchivan from Azerbaijan to Turkiye and Europe, as well as
through the Black Sea submarine cable through Georgia, Romania and
Hungary,' he explained.
Soltanov stressed that, due to the ongoing development in the
field of offshore wind power and possibly hydrogen, at the moment
Azerbaijan is working on assessing the ways of exporting new
volumes of green electricity.
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