BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 12. As part of
Uzbekistan’s International Energy Week in Tashkent, a meeting of
the Green Corridor Alliance joint venture was held with the
participation of representatives from Central Asian countries and
Azerbaijan, as well as stakeholders and development partners,
during which the development of an energy corridor to Europe was
discussed, Trend
reports via the Green Corridor Alliance.
According to the information, the event was attended by deputy
energy ministers from the participating countries, including
Uzbekistan’s First Deputy Minister of Energy Bakhtiyor
Mamatkarimov, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Minister of Energy Orkhan
Zeynalov, Ilyas Bakytzhan, Deputy Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan,
and Kanokpan Lao-Araya, Director of the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) Office in Uzbekistan.
Meanwhile, it is noted that in their remarks, the participants
emphasized the strategic importance of the project and the need for
its timely and effective implementation to deepen regional energy
integration and support the “green transition” in the broader
Caspian region and further toward Europe.
A separate segment of the meeting was dedicated to the project’s
technical consultant, CESI SpA, which presented a detailed report
on the launch of studies and load forecasting. The presentation
highlighted achievements in technical assessments, data collection,
and long-term forecasting of electricity demand and power capacity
within the proposed corridor.
The participants reaffirmed their commitment to further
cooperation within the Green Corridor Alliance mechanism and agreed
to continue working on the next stages of the project’s feasibility
study and regional coordination.
