BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct. 20. It is planned to put into operation a new double-circuit 330-kV Gardabani power transmission line between Azerbaijan and Georgia by the end of 2022, the country’s energy minister Parviz Shahbazov said in his article published in the Respublika newspaper, Trend reports October 20.
“In addition, the construction of a new 500-kV line from Azerbaijan to the border with Turkey through Georgia is expected by 2025. And with the expansion of the converter substation, it is planned to provide a throughput of 700 MW. Thus, the volume of electricity transported to Georgia and Türkiye will reach 1,400 MW and 1,050 MW, respectively” the minister said.
Shahbazov pointed out that for 9 months of this year, electricity production amounted to 21.5 billion kWh, which is 807 million kWh more than in the same period last year. During the reporting period, exports increased by 775.5 million kWh and amounted to 1.8 billion kWh. Export to Turkey amounted to 940.5 million kWh, Georgia imported 694.1 million kWh, while 95.6 million kWh, 75.6 million kWh went to Iran and Russia, respectively. Electricity imports decreased to 104.9 million kWh.
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