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News SOCAR launches alternative energy initiative in Azerbaijan

SOCAR, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan, is planning to launch alternative and sustainable energy provision as from May 2010.

SOCAR Vice-President Mukhtar Babayev has said “Our Eco-Park will include both solar batteries and wind generators, [...] to make people understand that gas as well as oil is not everlasting. [...] The first wind generators have overall capacity of 40 kW – 4 generators of 10 kW each . The capacity of solar batteries will be 20 kW”

 

Concerned URL http://abc.az/eng/news/main/44274.html [open in new window]
Source of information abc.az Business Information Portal
Release date 19/04/2010
Contributor David Conway
Geographical coverage Azerbaijan
Keywords sustainable energy

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