BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 11. Azerbaijan’s renewable energy generation capacity stood at 1,308 MW in 2021, as compared to 1,299 MW in 2020, up by 0.69 percent year-on-year, Trend reports with reference to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
The dynamics of changes in Azerbaijan’s renewable energy generation capacity is as follows: 1,026 MW in 2012, 1,125 MW in 2013, 1,120 MW in 2014, 1,154 MW in 2015, 1,184 MW in 2016, 1,194 MW in 2017, 1,277 MW in 2018 and 1,291 MW in 2019.
Azerbaijan is one of the countries with high potential for renewable energy sources. The total power generation capacity of Azerbaijan is 7542.2 MW, the capacity of the power plants on renewable energy sources, including large HPPs is 1304.5 MW, which is 17.3 percent of the total capacity, according to the country's energy ministry.
Hydropower capacity is 1154.8 MW (30 stations, 20 of which is SHPP), wind power capacity 66.1 MW (7 stations, 2 of which is hybrid), bioenergy capacity 37.7 MW (2 stations, 1 of which is hybrid), solar energy capacity 45.9 MW (12 stations, 2 of which is hybrid). One hybrid power plant (Gobustan) is equipped based on wind-2.7 MW, solar-3 MW and bioenergy-0.7 MW. In Nakhvhivan AR 4 SPPs with a total capacity of 33 MW are commissioned. Installed capacity on renewable energy sources excluding large hydropower plants, was 194 MW in 2021 and it made up 2.5 percent of total electricity generation capacity.
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