ALMATY, Kazakhstan, June 25. The Trans-Caspian
Green Corridor could emerge as a long-term strategic route for
exporting surplus electricity generated from renewable energy
sources (RES), Sergey Tulinov, Project Manager at the Secretariat
of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific (ESCAP), said, Trend's special correspondent reports from the
event.
He made the remarks during a presentation of analytical reports
held as part of the Eurasian Development Bank’s Annual Meeting and
Business Forum.
He said Central Asia could evolve into an energy hub connecting
several regional power systems.
“The CASA-1000 project opens a southern corridor for exporting
hydropower to Pakistan and, in the longer term, to India via
Afghanistan. The northern corridor through Russia is important for
maintaining the stability of interconnected power systems. There is
also potential here for expansion and mutually beneficial
cooperation,” he said.
Tulinov noted that China represents a major potential market,
while the Trans-Caspian Green Corridor could serve as a long-term
strategic route for exporting surplus renewable electricity.
He added that each of these routes is relevant for expanding
electricity trade in the future. However, external corridors cannot
replace internal integration.
On the contrary, he stressed that their sustainability depends
on how cohesive and integrated Central Asia’s internal power system
becomes, both technologically and institutionally.
He recalled that at COP29 last year, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and
Uzbekistan signed an intergovernmental agreement on strategic
partnership for the development and transmission of green energy.
To implement the agreement, the Green Corridor Alliance LLC was
established.
The feasibility study for the project is being carried out by
Italy’s CESI S.p.A.
