Baku has also outlined a “framework agreement' with Australia's Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and collaborations with other companies for a further 22GW of renewables.
across the Black Sea from Georgia to Romania, to allow electricity to be exported from Azerbaijan to Europe.All very admirable, but with few details offered and no funding confirmed and no projected timelines for completion, it's far from clear how much of this potential will or even can be developed.
Speaking at the signing ceremony on December 17, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen may have been correct when she said,"We need strong electricity interconnectors. That is why the power line between Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan from the Black Sea is very important." A key consideration with all of Baku's energy projects is that Azerbaijan is not a big country. With a population of less than 10.5 million it doesn't have huge power demand. The country's existing power plants have a generating capacity of about 8 GW – sufficient for domestic needs.
Against that, Azerbaijan's first major solar power plant – the 230-megawatt Garadagh facility, developed by Masdar under a previous agreement – is expected to begin operations later this year.
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