BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 6. Azerbaijan's
AzerEnergy is building three more hydropower plants with a combined
capacity of 10.7 megawatts along the section of the Shalva River
passing through Lachin district, AzerEnergy CJSC told Trend.
Water intake facilities have been built for each of the
4.59-megawatt Seyidlar, 3.16-megawatt Bulovlu and 2.93-megawatt
Goshasu hydropower plants. A total of 14.5 kilometers of diversion
pipelines have been laid to deliver water to the plants across the
challenging mountainous terrain.
Construction work at all three plants is nearing completion.
Turbines and generators are currently being installed. The work is
expected to be completed in the coming months.
Over the past six years, AzerEnergy has built and commissioned
11 hydropower plants with a combined capacity of 72.6 megawatts in
Lachin district.
With the commissioning of the three new plants, the number of
hydropower plants operating in the district will reach 14, while
their combined capacity will increase to 83.3 megawatts.
Lachin district's current electricity demand of 8–10 megawatts
is fully met by green energy generated at its hydropower plants.
Electricity generated in excess of local demand is transmitted to
Azerbaijan's unified power grid.
