BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 30. Azerbaijan has the potential to increase gas supplies, Deputy Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan Elnur Soltanov said at an international conference at the ADA University dedicated to the discussion of global challenges, Trend reports.
"Azerbaijan is the main supplier of energy resources in our region. Local production and use of natural gas in the domestic market of Azerbaijan is growing and this is good both for our state and for Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company (SOCAR)," Soltanov said.
Azerbaijan plans to significantly increase the production of electricity from renewable energy sources (RES) in the next 10 years, the deputy minister.
"Azerbaijan’s liberated territories from Armenian occupation will become a completely green zone until 2050," Soltanov added.