BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 2. Azerbaijan discussed cooperation opportunities with the European Union (EU) in the energy sector, Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov wrote on his X page, Trend reports.
"We conducted fruitful discussions with the head of the EU Delegation to our country, Ambassador Marijana Kujundzic. We assessed the development of the Southern Gas Corridor, Green Energy Corridor projects, energy efficiency, hydrogen, and other priority areas of our strategic energy partnership, as well as the opportunities for cooperation emerging amid the new realities in the region," he added.
Azerbaijan and the EU have extensive energy cooperation, primarily centered on natural gas via the Southern Gas Corridor. Cooperation is expanding to include a focus on green energy through projects like the proposed Black Sea Interconnector Cable, which will transmit renewable energy from Azerbaijan and Georgia to Europe.
The Southern Gas Corridor includes the South Caucasus Pipeline (Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum), the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP), and the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which run to Southern Europe. The total length of the corridor is about 3,500 kilometers. The main goal of the project is to increase the security of gas supplies to Europe and reduce the European market's dependence on Russian gas.
Additional strategies encompass the enhancement of energy optimization protocols and the integration of sustainable energy matrices, such as offshore wind energy systems.
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