The first phase of the construction of the Zangezur line, aimed at connecting the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic to the country’s main electricity system and, at the same time, forming the Azerbaijan–Nakhchivan–Türkiye–Europe international energy corridor, is nearing completion, AzerEnergy told APA-Economics.
AzerEnergy OJSC is completing the construction of a 74-km, double-circuit, 330-kilovolt high-voltage transmission line with a transmission capacity of 1,000 megawatts from Jabrayil to Aghband. Some 97% of work has been completed on the transmission line, which consists of 296 anchor and intermediate towers, each weighing more than 30 tons on average and standing nearly 45 meters high. Work on the transmission line, carried out in difficult climatic conditions and rugged terrain throughout the winter, spring and summer months of this year, has been completed in the shortest possible time and ahead of schedule.
“In the next phase, it is planned to construct a 100-km transmission line from Ordubad to Nakhchivan, a 44-km line through the Zangezur corridor and a 230-km line from Nakhchivan to Türkiye,” the statement noted.
It was stated that the project is of strategic importance in terms of fully integrating the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic into the country’s unified energy system, eliminating the autonomous republic’s dependence on a foreign country for frequency regulation, creating access to European energy markets, as well as transmitting green energy, and is regarded as one of the largest energy projects in Azerbaijan’s history.
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