BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 11. Four small
hydropower plants currently under construction in Kalbajar and
Lachin are planned to be commissioned by the end of this year,
Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov said while speaking
at the 5th Azerbaijan-Türkiye Energy Forum, Trend’s correspondent reports
from the event.


According to the minister, measurement and assessment work is
underway for a 240-megawatt wind power plant project in
Kalbajar.


“At the same time, we are considering opportunities to cooperate
with Turkish investors on solar power plants with a total capacity
of 1,000 megawatts in Nakhchivan. Given the memorandum of
understanding recently signed on energy efficiency in buildings, we
also invite Turkish investors to actively cooperate in this area,”
Shahbazov said.


The minister added that, as in all strategic processes,
Azerbaijan considers Türkiye its closest and most reliable ally on
the

“The energy transition is already inseparably linked to
digitalization and artificial intelligence. In the future,
competitive advantage will not belong only to countries that
produce more energy, but to those that efficiently manage energy
data and turn it into value through artificial intelligence. In
this regard, it is already a requirement of the times for our
strategic energy partnership to also encompass artificial
intelligence and digital transformation,” he said.







The 5th Azerbaijan-Türkiye Energy Forum is being held in Baku
with the participation of Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Parviz
Shahbazov and Türkiye’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Alparslan Bayraktar.


The forum features discussions on hydrocarbons and
petrochemicals, energy efficiency, the electricity market,
renewable energy, regulation, mining and other areas. A media
briefing is planned at the end of the forum.


The Azerbaijan-Türkiye Energy Forum was established within the
framework of the Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation between
the two countries to further strengthen strategic energy
cooperation.


The first forum was held in Baku on Dec. 21-22, 2021; the second
in Istanbul on Oct. 5-6, 2022; the third in Nakhchivan on Sept.
28-29, 2023; and the fourth in Izmir on Sept. 4, 2025.