Baku, Azerbaijan, May 28
By Azad Hasanli - Trend:
Azerbaijani State Agency for Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources put into operation the first turbine of the Yeni Yashma wind farm May 28.
In total, it is planned to commission 20 such turbines, Jamil Malikov, deputy head of the state agency told Trend.
'We have completed the start-and-adjustment work at the wind farm and starting the staged launch of the turbines with 2.5-megawatt capacity each," he said.
Preliminary operation of the first turbine is underway, said Malikov. "On average, we will need three days for each turbine in order to set their working parameters. That's to say, we will commission one turbine every three days.'
Malikov added that for present, the turbine's capacity nears 1 megawatt per hour and for today, it has already generated around 5,000 kilowatt hours that were directed to the general power supply system.
"It is the next step towards the development of our country and alternative energy sphere under the leadership of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev," he said.
"We increase the capacity of the renewable energy sources every day, every month and every year and thereby ensure storing gas and petroleum products to generate electricity and increase the electricity export potential of our country," Malikov added.
The production capacity of Yeni Yashma wind farm is 50 megawatt. It is located in Azerbaijan's Khizi district.
It is planned to construct up to 100 facilities for generating alternative electricity in Azerbaijan within 5 years, according to the preliminary studies.
The volume of investments made in the development of the alternative energy sphere in Azerbaijan reached 63.6 million Azerbaijani manats in 2014. Of this volume, 34.9 million manats accounted for the development of the solar energy sphere and 28.7 million manats - wind power. In total, around 800 million manats have been invested in this sphere in Azerbaijan since 2000.
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