17:05 - 25.09.2025

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September 25, Fineko/abc.az. Azerbaijan is building a 250-megawatt energy storage system to be integrated into the grid by 2027.

ABC.AZ reports that Elchin Targulayev, a solar and wind energy specialist at SOCAR Green, stated about this at the Azerbaijan & Central Asia Green Energy Week 2025.

Targuluyev recalled that Azerbaijan plans to commission up to two gigawatts of generating capacity by 2027, primarily in solar and wind energy.

"I would call the first stage of renewable energy development a pilot phase, as the technologies were new to Azerbaijan. We learned from our mistakes while implementing projects and laid the foundation for the regulatory framework. Azerbaijan is now moving to the second stage, a more mature stage, which implies increased oversight by renewable energy project developers. Battery-based energy storage systems will be one such solution," Targulayev said.

He added that in the first phase, "the state has assumed responsibility for balancing all renewable energy projects, so Azerbaijan is building a 250 MW energy storage system, which will be integrated into the grid in 2027".