“Concerning the importance of this project for Azerbaijan, I would like to stress that in addition to being first ever foreign investment based IPP, the wind power station annually will help to generate 1 billion KWh electricity, saving up to 220 million cubic meters of gas, cutting down on 400,000 tons of emissions annually, create new jobs and new production and service areas.”
-Parviz Shahbazov, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, commenting on ACWA Power’s agreement to execute a 240 MW wind power project that will be located in the Absheron and Khizi regions. [PRNewswire]
