Jak najnowsza elektrownia w Azerbejdżanie napędza transformację energetyczną kraju?

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00:00Azerbaijan's carbon dioxide footprint, actual greenhouse gas footprint,

00:04jest około 60 milion tonne.

00:06So 2 milion tonne od tego,

00:08będzie założył się od tego, że z tego plantu.

00:20Hello, a bardzo bardzo witamny w kolejnym odcinku

00:22z Energi Frontiers.

00:24W tym roku, zazwyczajmy się do zobaczenia

00:26Zazwyczaj z najważniejszym i najważniejszym powrotem,

00:29to 8 November Power Plant,

00:31located w Minka Shavir,

00:33often called the nation's energy capital.

00:35In just a moment,

00:36we'll hear from Deputy Minister of Energy,

00:38Dr Elnor Soltanow,

00:39about what this means for regional gas

00:41diplomacy and domestic supply.

00:43But first,

00:44here's a quick overview of what's in play.

00:47The 8 November Power Plant

00:49is a high-efficiency gas facility,

00:51the largest of its kind

00:53in the South Caucasus.

00:55Powered by combined cycle technology,

00:58it's designed to generate up to

01:001,880 megawatts of electricity,

01:03whilst cutting emissions by around 50%

01:07compared to older infrastructure.

01:09Its hydrogen-ready turbines

01:11align with Azerbaijan's long-term,

01:14low-carbon ambitions,

01:16and by saving more than a billion cubic metres

01:19of gas each year,

01:20it has the potential to reshape

01:22the country's energy balance,

01:23both at home and abroad.

01:26So how will the plant contribute

01:28to Azerbaijan's energy transition?

01:30And how will its impact be measured

01:32in real terms?

01:34I'm delighted to say that I'm joined in studio now

01:37to answer all of these questions

01:38and more by

01:39Azerbaijan's Deputy Minister of Energy,

01:41Dr Elnor Soltanow.

01:43A very warm welcome.

01:44It's great to see you again.

01:45Hi, Rebecca.

01:46Thank you for being here today.

01:47My pleasure.

01:48Let me start by asking you about

01:50the 8th of November Power Plant.

01:52It's now operational.

01:53But how will you measure its impact

01:55beyond capacity?

01:57And what does it actually mean to Azerbaijan

01:59in terms of the energy transition

02:00and your goals there?

02:02Thank you for the question.

02:04Capacity matters when we talk about

02:06the contribution of this new plant

02:07to Azerbaijani grid system, economy,

02:10and overall climate goals.

02:12Why?

02:13Because this plant used to be the biggest

02:15but least efficient power plant in Azerbaijan.

02:17But now it's the biggest

02:19but one of the most efficient power plants

02:21in Azerbaijan.

02:22Currently, as we talk, it's producing

02:24around 30% of all electricity consumed

02:27in Azerbaijan right now.

02:29That means that we are going to be

02:32feeling and calculating very clearly

02:35how much natural gas we are going to be

02:37saving by relying on this plant

02:39at this capacity, at this level.

02:42Second, the earlier plant was boiler plant.

02:46The difference is combined cycle plants

02:48are very quick to respond to oscillation

02:51in the grid system.

02:53We all remember what happened in Spain

02:55a couple of months ago.

02:56This is especially valid and important

02:58when we talk about renewable energy.

03:00The plant is expected to free up

03:02more than a billion cubic meters of gas each year.

03:05Talk to me about how that surplus

03:06will be deployed.

03:07Is it purely for exports

03:08or do you have other plans?

03:10In the best of all possible worlds,

03:12the saving could go up to 1.2 BCM of gas, actually.

03:16And I believe that if you look at

03:19at the amount of carbon dioxide

03:21that are reduced, that are avoided,

03:23it kind of will amount up to 2 million tons.

03:27We can definitely talk about save natural gas

03:30that are measured in millions of cubic meters

03:32of gas that we have.

03:35This is a very significant amount.

03:37It will be used differently.

03:39It could be used domestically

03:40or it could become part of our export mix

03:44that we are currently realizing.

03:47Recently, OPEC at their ninth seminar

03:49talked about there being no end

03:51of demand for oil anytime soon,

03:53certainly not ahead of 2050.

03:55And they point to an investment

03:57of more than 18 trillion dollars

03:59being needed before that time.

04:01Does that mean that you in Azerbaijan

04:03and with these plants

04:05are continuing to invest in hydrocarbons,

04:07but also in the renewable side of things?

04:09I mean, Azerbaijan currently has the presidency

04:13of COP29 as well.

04:15And what matters,

04:16and as COP29 presidency

04:18we have been pursuing this goal,

04:20the scientific community

04:21and the best available science

04:23tells us that we need to reach net zero by 2050.

04:26That's our best shot, really.

04:28It does not mean that by 2050

04:33all hydrocarbons will be out of the sea.

04:36What we have been observing in Azerbaijan

04:38is that it is increasingly becoming

04:41a natural gas country.

04:43And natural gas is important in two regards.

04:46Natural gas is the least polluting

04:49of all fossil fuels out there.

04:51And second, natural gas,

04:53and we are back to November 8th power plant,

04:56is really important for those responsive power plants

05:01because those resilient power plants

05:03are usually not coal-fired power plants.

05:06So natural gas-fired power plants

05:08are really good in terms of integrating

05:10more and more renewable energy.

05:12So in that sense,

05:13I really commend also as part of the COP29 team

05:16that Azerbaijan's pushed for more natural gas

05:19because especially in European continent,

05:21as you know,

05:22there are a lot of countries that use coal.

05:24And if our gas is replacing that coal,

05:28in fact, in that sense,

05:29it's actually contributing to decarbonisation.

05:32And in case our gas production will increase considerably,

05:36that will happen only if European Commission,

05:39with whom we signed a deal in 2022,

05:42is going to be supporting this process.

05:44Speaking of November 8th power plant,

05:47your turbines are hydrogen-ready,

05:49but what is the roadmap?

05:50What is the timeline for integration?

05:52They will be able to use up to 40% hydrogen.

05:56And we already worked the hydrogen strategy with EBRD.

06:02But to be honest with you,

06:04hydrogen is very expensive,

06:06especially green hydrogen.

06:07Clean hydrogen is very expensive.

06:09What we think,

06:10and the way we started to think about hydrogen,

06:12is really related to immense offshore wind resources

06:17that we have in the Caspian Sea.

06:18Because if we want to develop those wind resources at scale,

06:22we are going to need some storage capacity.

06:26And I think in several months' time,

06:28we will start this implementation plan with EBRD.

06:31That way we will have a clearer picture

06:33on how exactly we are going to be implementing this.

06:36In terms of the regulations, the policies,

06:39and indeed the infrastructure which you have referenced,

06:42what else needs to be put in place

06:44to make sure that hydrogen is firmly integrated

06:47into the energy nets?

06:49I think the first question is real technology.

06:53We need to have these mature technologies

06:56because electrolyzers that especially we use

07:00for green hydrogen,

07:02we don't have them at scale.

07:04But first and foremost,

07:05although I'm saying this last,

07:07it's about economics.

07:08It's about the cost of production of green

07:11or clean or low carbon hydrogen

07:13and who will eventually pay for that.

07:16because when you blend hydrogen for electricity production,

07:20you are increasing the cost of production.

07:22Again, back to November, 8th of November power plant,

07:26our state spent several hundred million dollars

07:31for this project.

07:32But eventually this will help our economy,

07:35but also help our climate goals.

07:37We have to leave our conversation there.

07:39But it's been a pleasure.

07:40Thank you so much for your time.

07:41The pleasure is mine.

07:42Thank you.

07:43Thank you.

07:44Well, that's all that we have time for

07:46in this episode of Energy Frontiers.

07:48But join me again next time from our studio

07:50in Baku, Azerbaijan.

07:51I'll see you then.

07:52I'll see you then.

07:53I'll see you then.

07:58Thank you.

07:59Thank you.

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