BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 1. Azerbaijan and
Ukraine are conducting negotiations regarding the use of Ukraine as
a European gateway for all types of energy, Ukraine's Minister of
Energy Denys Shmyhal said, Trend reports.
He made the remark on the plenary session titled “International
Cooperation for a Resilient and Diversified Energy Future,” held as
part of Baku Energy Week.
"Currently, our main focus is on developing interconnectors -
both in electricity and the gas sector - with the large European
market. In this context, we now have very good cooperation and
ongoing negotiations with Azerbaijan and Turkey regarding the use
of Ukraine as a European gateway for all types of energy, thanks to
our large gas storage facilities and our very powerful electricity
grid," he said.
Shmyhal noted that in order to increase resilience under wartime
conditions, it is crucial to decentralize the power generation
system.
"We are now implementing the concept of energy cells, or
'honeycombs,' to make our power system more resilient. We are
strengthening the protection of facilities, carrying out
decentralization, installing additional gas turbines, and scaling
up gas generation capacities. And in this context, I must say that
gas generation is the future," he emphasized.
