(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 2. Azerbaijan and the United Kingdom have discussed the contribution
of the Southern Gas Corridor to energy security, the next stage of
its development as well as the projects implemented in the field of
renewable energy, trend reports via the Ministry of Energy of
Azerbaijan.
A meeting between Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz
Shahbazov and UK Regional Energy Security and Climate Ambassador
David Moran took place in Baku as part of the 9th Ministerial
Meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council and the 1st
Ministerial Meeting of the Green Energy Advisory Council.
The importance of partnership relations with bp in the
development of energy cooperation between Azerbaijan and the UK was
noted.
'The parties also positively assessed the cooperation
of Fortescue Future Industries [global green energy company] with
the Ministry of Energy on the creation of green energy with an
installed capacity of up to 12 GW and the production of hydrogen.
Prospects for cooperation in the field of green technologies,
energy efficiency, and reduction of carbon emissions were also
discussed,' the Ministry of Energy said in a statement.
In addition, issues related to the next meeting of the
Joint Intergovernmental Commission on economic cooperation between
the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of
the United Kingdom, which is scheduled to be held in Baku, were
touched upon.
The 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Southern Gas
Corridor Advisory Council will take place in Baku on February
9.
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