Renewable Energy Projects

Solar PV, wind, and hydro projects in Azerbaijan — operational, under construction, and planned

Azerbaijan RES Portfolio

19 tracked projects · ~3.2 GW total pipeline capacity

By pipeline capacity (all statuses)
Solar 53%
Wind 34%
13%
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53%
Solar
~1,701 MW 15 projects
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34%
Wind
~1,080 MW 3 projects
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13%
Hydro
~424 MW 1 project

19 projects

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230 MW

Garadagh Solar Park

📍 Garadagh, Absheron 🏢 ACWA Power

First utility-scale solar project in Azerbaijan. Fully operational and supplying clean electricity to the national grid.

💨
240 MW

Khizi-Absheron Wind Farm

📍 Khizi / Absheron 🏢 ACWA Power

Major onshore wind farm delivering clean energy across the Absheron peninsula. Fully commissioned.

💧
424 MW

Mingachevir Hydroelectric Plant

📍 Mingachevir 🏢 Azerenerji

Largest hydroelectric power station in Azerbaijan. Operational on the Kura River for decades, recently modernised.

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100 MW

Gobustan Solar Power Plant

📍 Gobustan 🏢 Azerenerji

Utility-scale solar PV facility supporting Azerbaijan's renewable energy targets. Fully operational.

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5.5 MW

Gobustan Renewable Energy Polygon

📍 Gobustan 🏢 Ministry of Energy

Experimental hybrid renewable energy test site used for technical validation and training. Operational.

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~5 MW

Baku Solar Rooftop Programme

📍 Baku (city-wide) 🏢 AREA

Distributed rooftop PV installations across public and commercial buildings. Net-metering enabled; ongoing rollout.

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15 MW

Lankaran Solar PV Plant

📍 Lankaran 🏢 AREA

Regional solar installation in the southern zone. Operational and supplying the local distribution grid.

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240 MW

Shafag Solar (Karabakh)

📍 East Zangazur, Karabakh 🏢 bp & Masdar

Part of the Karabakh Green Energy Zone initiative. Under construction; key part of Azerbaijan's post-conflict green reconstruction.

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100 MW

Ufuq Solar (East Zangazur)

📍 East Zangazur, Karabakh 🏢 Masdar

One of two Masdar solar projects in the liberated Karabakh territories. Under construction as part of the Green Energy Zone.

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100 MW

Shams Solar (East Zangazur)

📍 East Zangazur, Karabakh 🏢 Masdar

Companion project to Ufuq Solar. Together forming a 200 MW solar complex in the liberated territories.

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240 MW

Masdar Absheron Wind Project

📍 Absheron / Caspian 🏢 Masdar

Large onshore/near-shore wind development. Under construction with phased commissioning schedule.

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50 MW

Nakhchivan Solar PV – Phase 2

📍 Nakhchivan AR 🏢 ACWA Power

Expansion of solar capacity in the autonomous republic. Construction ongoing; will bring total regional solar to 100 MW+.

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60 MW

Shirvan Solar Park

📍 Shirvan 🏢 AREA auction

New solar park under development in the central Shirvan region. Awarded through AREA competitive auction.

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445 MW

Bilasuvar Solar Complex

📍 Bilasuvar, Aran 🏢 Various developers

Large-scale solar development in the Aran lowlands. Site has among the highest solar radiation in Azerbaijan. Targeted for 2026 completion.

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315 MW

Neftchala Solar Park

📍 Neftchala 🏢 International consortium

Part of the Aran Region renewable development corridor. High-irradiance location near the Caspian coast.

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600 MW

Caspian Breeze Offshore Wind

📍 Caspian Sea 🏢 Caspian Breeze Consortium

First offshore wind project in the Caspian Sea. Part of Azerbaijan's 6 GW offshore wind target by 2032. Feasibility studies ongoing.

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20 MW

Sumgait Solar PV Pilot

📍 Sumgait 🏢 AREA

Early pilot project that paved the way for utility-scale solar in Azerbaijan. Completed and integrated into the grid.

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10 MW

Yeni Yashma Solar Station

📍 Absheron 🏢 AREA

Small-scale solar station; one of the early rollout projects. Completed, grid-connected, and providing baseline data.

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5 MW

Mingachevir RES Pilot

📍 Mingachevir 🏢 Ministry of Energy

Pilot solar project near Mingachevir reservoir. Completed; used for technical and regulatory validation of grid integration.