Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has delivered a speech at the official opening ceremony of the Khizi-Absheron Wind Power Plant at the Gulustan Palace in the capital Baku.


The event also featured speeches by Saudi Arabia’s Assistant Minister of Energy, Nasser Al-Qahtani; China’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Lu Mei; and the founder and CEO of ACWA Power, Mohammad Abunayyan, Caliber.Az reports, citing the president's official website.


Following the speeches, a short video about the new wind power plant project was shown.


Subsequently, Ilham Aliyev and Mohammad Abunayyan inaugurated the Khizi-Absheron wind power plant.


The ceremony concluded with a group photo.




The plant has a capacity of 240 MW and was built by the Saudi Arabian energy company ACWA Power.


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At this very moment, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is delivering a speech at the official opening ceremony of the Khizi-Absheron Wind Power Plant at the Gulustan Palace in the capital Baku.


The plant has a capacity of 240 MW and was built by the Saudi Arabian energy company ACWA Power, Caliber.Az reports, citing the president's official website.


By Khagan Isayev