On 26 June, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev viewed the progress of construction of the “Kalbajar-1” Small Hydroelectric Power Station in Kalbajar district.

President of AzerEnergy OJSC Baba Rzayev informed the head of state of the work done at the station.

Five small hydropower plants with a total capacity of 27 megawatts were being built in Kalbajar district in accordance with the “green energy” strategy.

A total of nine hydropower units will operate at small hydropower plants. 110 and 35 kV lines are being extended to integrate the stations into the country’s power system. Most of these five stations will be digitally integrated into the central SCADA Dispatch Management System. The new stations, which can enable connection, intelligent regulation, operational monitoring and analysis, will be managed from Baku, as well as Kalbajar.