ASTANA, Kazakhstan, June 9. Azerbaijan has all the potential for green hydrogen production, Ariel Cohen, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, told Trend on the sidelines of the Astana International Forum (AIF 2023).
He noted that hydrogen is a relatively new field, and that it is too early to anticipate, however, as he explained, considering the potential of Azerbaijan in developing renewable energy recourses, such as solar and wind, the production of green hydrogen is very promising in this regard.
“So, as long as Azerbaijan is building its solar and wind capacity, then the water hydrolysis can be done. Also, hydrogen could be produced from gas, then it is blue hydrogen. But, nevertheless, I am sure it is possible,” Cohen added.
The expert pointed out that, at the same time, Azerbaijan is striving to double its gas exports to Europe by 2027, and, in this regard, Azerbaijan will contribute to European energy security.
“Azerbaijan showed to the world that it knows how to implement large-scale energy projects. It started with the "Contract of the century" in 1994 under the leadership of Heydar Aliyev and that was Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan. Then with the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan implemented TAP and TANAP gas pipelines via Georgia and Türkiye to Europe. Increasing the capacities of the Southern Gas Corridor is a great initiative, because Europe needs diversification of its energy, gas sources. Europe is not going back to becoming dependent on Gazprom. Europe will be getting gas from many sources including from the TAP, TANAP,” he said.
