BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 3. A new 110/35/10
kV substation and control center will be built in Naxçıvan city to
replace the existing Koroğlu substation.
According to information posted on Azerbaijan’s Unified Internet
Portal for Public Procurement, the project will be carried out by
Azərişıq Open Joint Stock Company.
The new substation will have a capacity of 2x40 MVA. The project
will also include construction of a control center for the
substation.
Harmony Industrial Construction and Engineering Group is
expected to carry out the construction work.
According to the information, the project will cost 17.223
million Azerbaijani manats, or approximately $10.13 million.
The new substation is expected to help modernize Naxçıvan city’s
electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure.
Azerbaijan is implementing large-scale projects aimed at
increasing electricity generation and diversifying its energy
system. The development of renewable energy sources is a key
priority of the country’s energy strategy. Major investment
projects to build solar and wind power plants are currently being
implemented in Azerbaijan with BP, Masdar, ACWA Power, China
Gezhouba Group Overseas Investment, SOCAR Green and other
partners.
As a result of these projects, thousands of megawatts of new
generation capacity are expected to be added to Azerbaijan’s energy
mix in the coming years. This is expected to reduce domestic demand
for natural gas and allow more gas to be exported.
According to Energy Minister Pərviz Şahbazov, the share of
renewable energy sources in Azerbaijan’s energy mix is expected to
reach about 43% by 2035 as a result of these projects.
The minister said Azerbaijan is implementing strategic projects
to establish a new energy and investment platform between Central
Asia and neighboring regions. One of the key initiatives, he said,
is the Central Asia-Azerbaijan Green Energy Corridor project.
“The creation of a Trans-Caspian energy corridor that will
connect the electricity systems of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and
Uzbekistan is part of our countries’ strategic vision,” Şahbazov
said. “This project also creates broad opportunities for developing
the Middle Corridor, which will serve as a green energy bridge
between Europe, Asia and China via the Caspian Sea.”
According to the minister, the Green Corridor Alliance joint
venture, based in Baku, is already operating and coordinating
feasibility studies financed by the Asian Development Bank and the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Meanwhile, intensive work is continuing on the Caspian-Black
Sea-Europe Green Energy Corridor, as well as the
Azerbaijan-Türkiye-Europe and Azerbaijan-Georgia-Türkiye-Bulgaria
energy interconnectors.
Şahbazov said green energy corridors are “shaping the
geoeconomic map of the future” and that the initiatives will not
only promote energy exports but also stimulate the development of
digital connectivity, fiber-optic infrastructure and regional
economic cooperation.
