(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 3. The 1st Green
Energy Advisory Council Ministerial Meeting took place this year
for the first time and will be held annually, Azerbaijani Minister
of Energy Parviz Shahbazov said at today's press conference
following the results of the 9th Southern Gas Corridor Advisory
Council Ministerial Meeting and the 1st Green Energy Advisory
Council Ministerial Meeting, trend reports.
According to him, Azerbaijan-EU cooperation issues within the
Southern Gas Corridor were discussed at the meetings.
'Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, and Hungary took a historic step
in December 2022 and agreed to connect the Caspian Sea with Europe
via the green energy corridor. In the second phase, 3-4 GW of green
energy is planned to be supplied along this route, which will
become the green energy corridor of the 21st century. Today we
discussed plans for the further implementation of this project, as
well as the development of green energy. The quadrilateral working
group has also been established. Azerbaijan and Romania reached a
consensus to supply one billion cubic meters of gas to Romania. We
also addressed a number of other issues during the Advisory
Council's meeting,' he added.
On February 3, the 9th Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council
Ministerial Meeting and the 1st Green Energy Advisory Council
Ministerial Meeting took place in Baku. The meeting was attended by
European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson, top representatives
of Türkiye, Italy, the US, the UK, Georgia, Hungary, Romania,
Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine,
and Croatia.
Such global energy companies as SOCAR, bp, BOTAS, TANAP, TAP,
TPAO, TAQA, Bulgargaz EAD, Bulgartransgaz, ICGB, Fluxys, ROMGAZ SA,
SACE, Desfa, TotalEnergies, FGSZ Ltd, SNAM, Uniper, Petronas, ACWA
Power, Masdar, Fortescue Future Industries, WindEurope, SolarPower
Europe, and financial institutions such as the World Bank, the
International Finance Corporation, the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank, the
Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank, the Asian Development
Bank, and other institutions attended the meetings as well.
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