The article quoted President Ilham Aliyev as saying in his interview with AZERTAC: “We now plan to build a new line through the Zangazur corridor from Azerbaijan to the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, and from there to Turkey and Iran. As I said earlier, the Zangazur corridor is not only about railways, highways and air transport. At the same time, the Zangazur corridor will play a role in energy exports. We will have a new line to supply electricity to the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, which is an integral part of Azerbaijan, and from there to foreign markets, to Turkey and Europe. One line passes through Georgia-Turkey and the second line must pass through there.”
The article mentioned that the Azerbaijani President also highlighted the participation of foreign investors in the energy sector in the liberated territories.
“Last month, a groundbreaking ceremony was held under a contract signed between “ACWA Power”, one of the largest companies in the field, and Azerbaijan. A 240-megawatt wind farm will be commissioned next year. Negotiations are underway with BP to build a solar power plant with a capacity of more than 200 megawatts in Jabrayil district. Negotiations are underway with “Mazdar” of the United Arab Emirates to build a solar power plant. Both projects have a capacity of about 400-450 megawatts. In addition, as I mentioned, we plan to build 240 megawatt power plants with “ACWA Power”, followed by 280 megawatt power plants at the “Khudafarin” and “Giz Galasi” reservoirs together with Iran,” President Ilham Aliyev emphasized.
“It will also be possible to build about 30 hydropower plants destroyed by Armenians in the liberated lands,” the article quoted President Ilham Aliyev as saying.
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