"Today, 10 members of the European Union receive gas from Azerbaijan, and the total number of countries is 16," President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in a press statement in Baku with President of the European Council Antonio Costa, APA reports.
"And by this number, we are number one in the world in supplying gas by pipelines. Sixteen countries today are receiving Azerbaijani gas, so our role in the energy security of many countries is growing.
The European market for us makes up half of our total gas exports, with the potential to grow. Another area of our energy cooperation is renewables, which also have great potential. We are investing largely in wind, solar, and hydropower. And our plan is in five to six years to have about six to eight gigawatts of renewable energy, which will be ready for export. So now we are working with European partners on transmission lines, on subsea cables, and on other segments of energy infrastructure.
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