ADB: Azerbaijan developing climate-resilience strategies 

While the majority of energy produced in Azerbaijan comes from fossil fuels, hydroelectric power generation also plays a role in the country’s generation capacity, Report informs, citing “Climate Risk Country Profile” by World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB).

“Hydropower accounted for 8% of generation in Azerbaijan in 2016, down from 18% in 2010.47 While there is little certainty in precipitation forecasts for the coming decades, the accelerated melting of glaciers and increased evaporation have the potential to damage Azerbaijan’s capacity to generate energy in this way. Azerbaijan is developing long-term, low-emissions development strategies to enhance its climate-resilience actions within national development plans,” the Profile said.

In January-July 2021, Azerbaijan produced 14,868,800,000 kWh of electricity, up 4% from the previous year. Of this, 858.1 million kWh was produced by hydropower stations (+13.3%), 13,467,600,000 kWh – by thermal power stations (+3.8%), 54 million kWh by wind power stations (-46%), and 31.5 million kWh by solar power stations (+16.2%).