Minister: 1500 MW of wind and solar energy will be created in Nakhchivan at expense of foreign investment

Approximately 1,500 MW of wind and solar energy production capacity is planned to be created in Nakhchivan, which has favorable solar radiation and renewable energy potential of 5,000 MW, at the expense of foreign investment and at least 1,000 MW of it will be exported, Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov said at the 3rd Azerbaijan-Türkiye Energy Forum held today in Nakhchivan, Report informs.

According to him, the implementation of these works has already begun, and this is included in the Concept prepared for the development of the green energy zone in Nakhchivan: “We cooperate with the French companies TotalEnergies and Nobel Energy on the construction of solar power plants with a total capacity of 650 MW and the export of the produced electricity to Türkiye. Nobel Energy plans to commission a 100 MW solar power plant at the initial stage. It is planned to build a solar power plant with a capacity of 150 MW at the initial stage with the Masdar company of the United Arab Emirates. The Czech Engineering company is interested in cooperation on the construction of solar power plants, the construction and use of energy transmissions on the border of the Sadarak district with Türkiye. Also, the German company Notus intends to implement green energy projects in Nakhchivan.”

Shahbazov noted that at the initial stage, a 70 MW solar power plant is being considered as a pilot project in the northwest of Nakhchivan - near the border with Türkiye.