BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug.20
By Nargiz Ismayilova - Trend:
Azerbaijan continues preparation work to implement pilot projects on alternative energy, Trend reports referring to the Ministry of Energy.
According to the agreement signed between the Azerbaijan ministry and ACWA Power company of Saudi Arabia, six wind measuring and monitoring stations have been installed in areas where 240 MW wind power station will be constructed.
Three of the stations have been installed in Khizi district, and three - in Absheron district. Wind measurements will be carried out in 9-12 months through these stations and the optimal location of the turbines will be determined based on the results.
"It’s planned to build 40 wind turbines, with a capacity of 6 MW each, in Pirakashkul village of Absheron district and Sitalchay village of Khizi district; to install 17 wind turbines with a total capacity of 102 MW in Pirakashkul, and 23 wind turbines with a total capacity of 138 MW in the mountainous area near Sitalchay village of Khizi district,” said the ministry.
As the ministry noted, topographic activities and engineering and geological studies in the areas identified for the wind power plant have been completed, while studies on environmental and social impact assessment are ongoing.
According to the ministry, the solar power plant with the capacity of 200 MW will be built in Garadagh and Absheron districts. Preliminary work is being done to conduct surveys and researches on environmental and social impact assessment in the areas allocated for the project.
Azerbaijani president signed the order on “Actions for implementing pilot projects on the use of renewable energy sources” on December 5, 2019.
On January 9, 2020, the Ministry of Energy, ACWA Power and Masdar (UAE) companies concluded agreements on implementing pilot projects for renewable energy.