Azerbaijan and its neighbors in Central Asia and the Caucasus can give stratum a new era of regional cooperation in the field of renewable energy sources. This is stated in the report of the international energy analytical center Ember.
A document called “Green Energy Corridors for Central Asia and the Caucasus” was submitted as part of the 29th session of the conference of the Parties of the UN Far Convention on Climate Change (SOR29).
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According to the report, the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus may gain considerable benefit from the development of regional cooperation in the field of electricity production from renewable sources.
The authors of the report note that most countries of the region depend on fossil fuel for electricity production. Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan produce electricity from natural gas, and production in Kazakhstan is based on coal.
A Georgia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan rich in water resources produce most of the electricity from renewable sources.
The report emphasizes that the region has an extensive unused potential in the field of renewable energy.
It is noted that Central Asia benefits from geographical diversity, which provides a complementary profile of renewable energy sources. It includes wind potential in the north, solar potential in the south and hydropower in the east of the region.