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President Ilham Aliyev got acquainted with the work done at the Shams 1 and Western Horizon solar power plants in Nakhchivan.
On August 11, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the first lady Mehriban Aliyeva got acquainted with the work done at the Shams 1 and Western Horizon solar power plants with a total capacity of 50 MW, built in the city of Nakhchivan.
AZERTAC reports that Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov informed the head of state and the first lady about the projects.
It was reported that the 25 MW Shams 1 project is being implemented on an area of 52 hectares in the area of identified renewable energy sources. CEI Nakhchivan LLC has already completed the installation of 10 MW solar panels. It is planned to complete the construction works in November of this year. The station will be put into operation after the construction of the network infrastructure is completed. Currently, 218 people are working in the implementation of the project.
After the commissioning of the station, it is planned that approximately 57 million kilowatt-hours of electricity will be produced and 19,000 households will be supplied with energy. With this, approximately 26,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions will be prevented and 12 million cubic meters of natural gas will be saved.
President Ilham Aliyeva and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva were also informed about other projects implemented in our country by the AGEC group of companies, which includes CEI Nakhchivan LLC.
The head of state and the first lady also got acquainted with the work done at the Western Horizon Solar Power Plant with a capacity of 25 MW.
It was brought to attention that the topographic works related to the construction of the station by Enerso LLC have already been completed, and the geological research works are ongoing. It is planned to start the construction works by the end of this year. The project is planned to be implemented in an area of 50 hectares designated as the area of renewable energy sources. After the commissioning of the station, approximately 61 million kilowatt-hours of electricity will be produced annually, and this will enable the provision of energy to nearly 21,000 households. At the same time, it is predicted that approximately 26,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions will be prevented and 12 million cubic meters of natural gas will be saved.
In total, 688 hectares of land in Nakhchivan has been identified as the area of renewable energy sources for the construction of solar power plants.
The installed capacity of renewable energy sources in Azerbaijan is 2070 MW. 108 MW of this, i.e. 5.2 percent, falls to Nakhchivan. With the commissioning of Shams 1 and Western Horizon stations, this figure will be 158 MW.
2026-08-11
