BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 13. Heydar Aliyev was the Great Leader who turned Mingachevir into an energy center not only of Azerbaijan but also of the entire Caucasus, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said during the groundbreaking ceremony held at the Gulustan Palace in Baku for a 1,280-MW thermal power plant, the largest in Azerbaijan's independence period, Trend reports.
"Under his leadership and on his initiative, the foundation of a large power plant was laid in Mingachevir in 1976. The first block of the big station was inaugurated in 1981 with the personal participation of Heydar Aliyev," President Ilham Aliyev said.