Türkiye-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Bulgaria power link deal could be signed in November

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Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Bulgaria could sign an intergovernmental agreement in November to advance a regional project for cross-border transmission and trade of green electricity, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said Friday.

Speaking at the Azerbaijan-Türkiye Energy Forum in Baku, Bayraktar said the deal could be signed during the COP31 climate conference, which will be held in southern Antalya in November.

The Green Electricity Transmission and Trade Project, bringing together Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Bulgaria, represents an important regional vision, the minister said.

He described the project as the "TANAP of electricity," referring to the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline, and said it should be viewed not simply as an infrastructure project but as a strategic step toward long-term regional energy cooperation based on mutual benefit.

"We want to move this important project to the next stage as soon as possible," Bayraktar said. "At COP31 in Antalya, we want to crown this project with an important signing process, perhaps through an intergovernmental agreement signed by our heads of state or by us."

With electrification becoming an increasingly important part of the global energy agenda, the project would be an important initiative that Türkiye and Azerbaijan could present to the world, he added.

Source: Renewables.AZ