2024-06-13 16:11:36
Writer: Leila Tariverdieva
The Baku Power Week has now accomplished its work. Inside its framework, the twenty ninth Worldwide Exhibition “Caspian Oil and Fuel” and the twelfth Caspian Worldwide Exhibition “Power and Inexperienced Power” – Caspian Energy have been held.
On the opening day of the Week, an necessary occasion befell – President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Minister of Business and Superior Applied sciences of the United Arab Emirates Sultan bin Ahmed al-Jaber launched the implementation of the Neftchala and Bilasuvar solar energy crops, in addition to the Absheron-Garadagh wind energy plant. The ability plant is being constructed by the Emirati firm Masdar.
Allow us to recall that on October 26 final 12 months, Masdar launched the Garadagh solar energy plant with a capability of 230 MW in Baku, which grew to become the most important solar energy plant within the South Caucasus and is able to offering electrical energy to 110 thousand flats, that’s, a whole metropolis. On the identical day, Masdar signed three extra funding agreements with the Azerbaijani facet within the discipline of inexperienced vitality with a complete capability of 1000 MW. It is a solar energy plant with a capability of 445 MW within the village of Gunesh within the Bilasuvar area, a solar energy plant with a capability of 315 MW within the village of Financial institution within the Neftchala area, in addition to a wind energy plant with a capability of 240 MW within the Absheron and Garadagh areas. These agreements are the preliminary stage of the Implementing Agreements concluded by Azerbaijan with Masdar in June 2022 concerning the implementation of mega-projects within the discipline of renewable vitality with a complete capability of 4 GW.
President Ilham Aliyev spoke on the opening of the twenty ninth Caspian Oil and Fuel exhibition and the twelfth Caspian Energy exhibition as a part of the Baku Power Week – PHOTO – VIDEO
Minister Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber was in Baku as a part of the Baku Power Week. Talking on the opening of the occasion, he confirmed his nation’s intention to work intently with Azerbaijan each within the discipline of renewable vitality (RES) and in preparation for COP29. It must be famous that Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber can also be the CEO of Abu Dhabi Nationwide Oil Firm (ADNOC).
Cooperation between Azerbaijan and the UAE within the discipline of renewable vitality sources is a hit story. Being oil and gasoline producing international locations, they concurrently promote tasks geared toward combating local weather change. The Emirates have already reached the extent of world management in some respects. Thus, the UAE has constructed the world’s largest solar energy plant (the most important in Europe started working in Turkey in 2023) and the world’s largest waste-to-energy plant. Azerbaijan is at the moment a pacesetter on this regard solely in its personal area, however its potential within the discipline of renewable vitality sources opens up alternatives for management in a wider geography sooner or later.
By order of President Ilham Aliyev, 2024 was declared the 12 months of Solidarity within the nation within the identify of a inexperienced world. One of many 5 nationwide priorities for socio-economic growth till 2030 is “A rustic with a clear atmosphere and inexperienced development”. In accordance with this precedence, work is underway to enhance the atmosphere, restore and improve inexperienced areas, guarantee environment friendly use of water sources and sustainable vitality sources. Azerbaijan has set a purpose of lowering greenhouse gasoline emissions by 35 % by 2030 in comparison with the bottom 12 months (1990), and by 40 % by 2050. Diversification of forms of inexperienced vitality and its transportation to world markets are additionally priorities of Azerbaijan’s vitality coverage.
President Ilham Aliyev: By the top of 2027 we are going to obtain 2 gigawatts of renewable vitality sources
Within the medium time period, Azerbaijan strives to turn into an exporter of electrical energy obtained from different sources. Generally, Azerbaijan has signed contracts and memorandums of understanding with overseas firms on tasks to generate 10 GW of photo voltaic and wind vitality, the implementation of which is able to permit for a clean transition from fossil fuels to renewable vitality sources with out harming the nationwide economic system, in addition to offering inexperienced vitality to European shoppers.
These targets can be served by the implementation of large-scale tasks within the territories liberated from the Armenian occupation.
As President Ilham Aliyev stated, talking on the opening of the Baku Power Week, by the top of 2027 we are going to obtain 2 GW of vitality from renewable vitality sources. And that is just the start, he emphasised. The pinnacle of state famous that the liberated Karabakh and East Zangezur areas have huge hydropower potential. From November 2020 to the current day, hydroelectric energy crops with a capability of 270 MW have already been put into operation in these territories, and over the approaching years this determine is deliberate to be elevated to 500 MW.
The nation’s potential within the discipline of renewable vitality sources is certainly not small.
A lot of the whole potential of different and renewable vitality sources in Azerbaijan comes from photo voltaic vitality – 5000 MW. In second place is wind with a possible of 4,500 MW. The Caspian Sea has the best potential on this regard. In accordance with preliminary estimates, 157,000 MW of vitality may be generated within the Azerbaijani sector of the ocean alone. That is way more than the whole capability of Azerbaijan’s energy crops.
President Ilham Aliyev acquired the UAE Minister of Business and Superior Applied sciences – VIDEO
The following decade can be marked in Azerbaijan by a transition to the widespread use of inexperienced vitality. A number of years in the past, the Worldwide Renewable Power Company (IRENA) famous in its report the excessive potential of renewable vitality in Azerbaijan. “Though the nation at the moment depends on oil and gasoline, it has glorious wind and photo voltaic sources, together with vital potential for organic, geothermal and hydropower tasks,” the report famous.
Let’s begin with the solar.
Photo voltaic vitality is among the most favorable vitality sources on this planet, and it’s particularly promising in sunny areas. The pure local weather of Azerbaijan gives ample alternatives to extend the manufacturing of electrical energy and thermal vitality by way of using photo voltaic vitality. Through the 12 months, the variety of sunshine hours in Azerbaijan is 2400-3200, which implies that the variety of solar rays falling on the territory of Azerbaijan is larger than in different international locations. This may be thought of one of many standards for the effectiveness of attracting investments in photo voltaic vitality. In accordance with consultants, in Azerbaijan the annual photo voltaic vitality radiation is 1500-2000 kW/m2 (within the USA – 1500-2000 kW/m2. For comparability – in Russia – 800-1600 kW/m2, in France – 1200-1400 kW/m2 .
By the top of this 12 months, development of the Shafag solar energy plant with a capability of 240 MW will start within the Jabrayil area (East Zangezur financial area). It’s anticipated that the solar energy plant will yearly generate 500 kW/h of electrical energy. The mission is being carried out by British BP. This mission plans to introduce a enterprise mannequin that entails digital transmission of electrical energy.
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Now concerning the wind.
In accordance with vitality consultants, wind speeds of 3-4 meters per second are sufficient to generate electrical energy. And in Baku and Absheron, the common annual wind pace is greater than 11 meters per second.
Azerbaijan is among the international locations the place using wind vitality is useful resulting from geographical circumstances. Notably favorable are the Absheron Peninsula, the shoreline of the Caspian Sea and the islands within the northwestern a part of the Caspian Sea, the Ganja-Dashkesan zone in western Azerbaijan and the Sharur-Julfa area of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The biggest wind energy plant within the nation is a hybrid energy plant on the Gobustan Different Power Take a look at Website.
On January 13, 2022, along with the Saudi Arabian ACWA Energy, development of the Khizi-Absheron wind energy plant started. Wind generators can be situated in Sitalchay and the village of Pirakeshkul within the Absheron area. The ability plant’s capability can be 240 MW. It’s deliberate that the ability plant will generate as much as 1 billion kWh. in 12 months. The deliberate protection of shoppers is 300 thousand flats.
However the Caspian Sea has the best potential when it comes to wind vitality. On the Baku Power Discussion board in 2022, the Roadmap for the event of offshore wind vitality in Azerbaijan, ready with the help of the World Financial institution and the Worldwide Finance Company (IFC), was introduced. In accordance with it, by 2040, offshore wind energy crops (WPPs) with a complete capability of seven.2 GW may be put in in Azerbaijan within the Caspian Sea, which is able to present virtually 40 % of the whole vitality consumption within the nation. In accordance with preliminary estimates, 157,000 MW of vitality may be generated within the Azerbaijani sector of the ocean alone.
And at last, water. Hydroelectric energy crops are thought of the least costly and most environmentally pleasant. Azerbaijan’s program for the event of renewable vitality sources shouldn’t be restricted to photo voltaic or wind energy crops. Hydropower potential can also be actively growing. Specifically, within the liberated territories of the nation. Renewable vitality sources within the liberated territories are thought of at present as a critical support within the growth of the inexperienced vitality sector.
The professional commented on the inexperienced vitality potential of the Absheron Peninsula
The rivers on the territory of Azerbaijan are handy for creating small hydroelectric energy stations. After the Second Karabakh Struggle, entry to using the rivers Araz, Bargushad, Terter, Hyakyari, Okhchu, Lev, Zabukh, Tutgun, Turagai, Basit, Gargar, Guru, Khachin and Kondelen was opened. To this point, within the Lachin area, together with the Agbulag, Alkhasly and Mishni stations, 5 small hydroelectric energy stations with a complete capability of 40.5 MW have been reconstructed and put into operation, the annual vitality manufacturing potential of which is 120 million kW/h.
A couple of days in the past, a small energy plant “Malybey” was laid in Lachin, the primary within the liberated territories, which can be constructed by way of overseas funding. The mission is being carried out with the participation of Turkish firms Demirören Holding and Arges Power Teal, and the station is being constructed based mostly on European and Chinese language applied sciences. The put in capability of the hydroelectric energy station can be 5.1 MW, it’ll produce 14.57 GW of electrical energy per 12 months.
The Malybey HPP can be adopted by Galacha-1, Galacha-2 and Minkend within the Lachin area. On the subsequent stage, it’s deliberate to construct Terter-1 in Kalbajar. The entire design capability of the 5 hydroelectric energy crops can be 13.8 MW, they are going to generate 39.7 GW of electrical energy yearly. By the top of the 12 months, it’s deliberate to place into operation 12 small hydroelectric energy stations within the liberated territories; subsequent in line is a cascade of medium-power NPPs within the Zangilan area.
On account of the implementation of inexperienced tasks within the liberated territories, 30 hydroelectric energy stations can be commissioned, together with new ones and people restored after the Armenian occupation.
Briefly, Azerbaijan is critical about realizing the targets of the inexperienced transition. And within the days of COP29 he could have one thing to current and share with the world.
This text was ready with the monetary help of the Media Growth Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan inside the path of “Selling the socio-economic growth of areas”.