Italian Ansaldo Energia Pushes For Azerbaijan's Energy Transition Efforts
Date
2/28/2024 3:08:42 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 28. Italian Ansaldo
Energia supports Azerbaijan's development in the energy transition,
highlighting improvements in the implementation of the relevant
energy project in Mingachevir, said CEO and General Manager of the
company Fabrizio Fabbri during his visit to Azerbaijan, Trend reports.
"I visited Azerbaijan with Claudio Taffuri, the Italian
Ambassador, and Baba Rzayev, the President of Azerbaijan. During
our tour, we looked around the Mingachevir combined cycle power
plant, where Ansaldo Energia is currently installing two gas
turbines. Our commitment to this project corresponds with
Azerbaijan's goal of accomplishing an energy transformation,"
Fabbri said in his social media account.
He is confident that the company's involvement in the project in
Azerbaijan will enhance Italian-Azerbaijani relations by fostering
the exchange of technological knowledge and expertise.
In February 2023, the foundation for a new power plant with a
capacity of 1,280 MW was laid in Mingachevir on the grounds of the
'Azerbaijan' thermal power plant, the largest in the South
Caucasus.
Last year, Azerenerji, Azerbaijan's largest electricity producer,
signed agreements with Ansaldo Energia for the building, delivery,
and installation of gas turbines and generators built by the
Italian company for the new facility in Mingachevir.
Previously, Azerenerji stated that by connecting new 1,280 MW
power plant to the existing seventh and eighth units of the
'Azerbaijan' thermal plant, the aggregate capacity of the facility
in Mingachevir would be 1,880 MW.
The contract with Ansaldo Energia will enhance the thermal power
plant's efficiency from 18 to 56 percent.
The gas used in the gas turbines of the future 1,280 MW power plant
will transform water into steam, allowing electricity to be
generated without the need for additional gas in the steam turbines
of the facility's seventh and eighth units.
The hook-up will save 800 million cubic meters of gas every
year.
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