"Regarding future plans, considering that our renewable energy potential will significantly increase, we must create infrastructure to store this energy," said President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, in his speech at the official opening ceremony of the 240 MW “Khizi-Absheron” Wind Power Plant, APA reports.
"For this purpose, for the first time in history, we are creating a Battery Energy Storage System in Azerbaijan. The first project is 250 megawatts. It is implemented by “Azerenerji” at its own expense. However, our growing potential will require the number of such battery energy storage systems to increase even more, and I invite foreign investors to contribute to this process.
As for generation capacities, it is sufficient to note that based on the signed contracts, wind and solar power plants with a total capacity of 6 gigawatts will be built by 2030, and overall 8 gigawatts by 2032. If we add the potential of hydroelectric power plants, our capacity will, of course, grow further. Over the past five years, we have built about 40 small hydroelectric power plants using public funds in Garabagh and East Zangezur. Today, their total potential exceeds 300 megawatts.
A map of potential hydroelectric power stations in the liberated territories has also been drawn up, and in that region alone, we will build small hydroelectric power stations with a capacity of about 500, perhaps even 600 megawatts. Almost half of it is already in place, and the entire country, including the liberated territories, is connected to a single grid, ensuring the sending and receiving of energy flows in any direction," the President emphasized.
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