Romania Announces Discussions On Green Corridor Project With Azerbaijan
Date
2/21/2023 7:41:52 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 21. Representatives
of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Hungary are expected to meet
February 24 to discuss the feasibility study of the green energy
submarine cable project in the Black Sea, Romanian deputy energy
minister George-Sergiu Niculescu said, Trend reports.
Speaking at an energy seminar, the deputy minister pointed out
that under the current circumstances, such projects have more
chance for implementation.
'The paradigm has changed. The need for electricity on European
markets is larger. We talk about diversifying supply all the time.
On a European level, we all agree things have changed from 2018,
2019 when European economies were very dependent on Russian fossil
fuels,' Reuters quoted him as saying.
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary and Romania signed an agreement to
build a Black Sea sea-belt electric cable from the Black Sea coast
of Georgia to the Black Sea coast of Romania on December 17,
2022.
It is planned to build a cable which will allow to transport
four gigawatts of green energy from Azerbaijan.
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