BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 29. For solar and wind in Karabakh, we are now in the final stage of negotiations with BP on a 240-megawatt solar power plant in Jabrayil and also with international companies about 100 megawatt of a wind power plant in Kalbajar, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said addressing the international conference under the motto “South Caucasus: Development and Cooperation”, Trend reports.
"So, we started the reconstruction in Kalbajar and in Tartar. So, as I said before, 20 megawatts have already been commissioned and 25 megawatts will be this year. But this is only hydro and there is more potential for hydro. For solar and wind in Karabakh, we are now in the final stage of negotiations with BP on a 240-megawatt solar power plant in Jabrayil and also with international companies about 100 megawatt of a wind power plant in Kalbajar. But apart from that, starting from January this year, we already had two important events – two groundbreaking ceremonies to build two, one solar and one wind power station with total capacity of 430 megawatts by Saudi Arabia’s leading company in that area, Aquapower, and another project by the company from the UAE, Masdar. This is really a big contribution to our energy system and a big sign and demonstration of attractiveness of Azerbaijan," the head of state said.