{"version":"1","article":{"id":"azerbaijan-gobustan-100mw-solar-plant-inauguration","slug":"azerbaijan-gobustan-100mw-solar-plant-inauguration","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/azerbaijan-gobustan-100mw-solar-plant-inauguration","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/azerbaijan-gobustan-100mw-solar-plant-inauguration?lang=en","title":"Azerbaijan inaugurates 100 MW Gobustan solar plant","summary":"The presidential office described the facility as the country’s first renewable-energy project implemented through an auction.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-10T23:57:14+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-10T23:57:14+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-09-16","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Official website of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan","url":"https://president.az/en/articles/view/73512/print","publishedAt":"2026-09-16","checkedAt":"2026-10-10"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/azerbaijan-gobustan-100mw-solar-plant-inauguration","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/azerbaijan-gobustan-100mw-solar-plant-inauguration?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/azerbaijan-gobustan-100mw-solar-plant-inauguration","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/azerbaijan-gobustan-100mw-solar-plant-inauguration?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/azerbaijan-gobustan-100mw-solar-plant-inauguration","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/azerbaijan-gobustan-100mw-solar-plant-inauguration?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/azerbaijan-gobustan-100mw-solar-plant-inauguration","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/azerbaijan-gobustan-100mw-solar-plant-inauguration?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/azerbaijan-gobustan-100mw-solar-plant-inauguration","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/azerbaijan-gobustan-100mw-solar-plant-inauguration?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev attended the inauguration on September 16 of the 100 MW Gobustan Solar Power Plant in Baku’s Garadagh district. The presidential office said the project was developed by China’s Universal International Holdings, which won the 2024 auction, making it Azerbaijan’s first renewable-energy project implemented through an auction process.","The plant has solar panels, field inverters and transformers, and its cabling work is complete. The source projects annual generation of about 200 million kWh after commissioning, which it says would save 45 million cubic metres of natural gas and reduce carbon emissions by 97,000 tonnes a year. These are stated projections, not reported operating results."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The presidential office described the facility as the country’s first renewable-energy project implemented through an auction.\n\nAzerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev attended the inauguration on September 16 of the 100 MW Gobustan Solar Power Plant in Baku’s Garadagh district. The presidential office said the project was developed by China’s Universal International Holdings, which won the 2024 auction, making it Azerbaijan’s first renewable-energy project implemented through an auction process.\n\nThe plant has solar panels, field inverters and transformers, and its cabling work is complete. The source projects annual generation of about 200 million kWh after commissioning, which it says would save 45 million cubic metres of natural gas and reduce carbon emissions by 97,000 tonnes a year. These are stated projections, not reported operating results.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"energy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/energy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic energy landscape with solar panels, wind turbines and transmission lines.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"energy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/energy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic energy landscape with solar panels, wind turbines and transmission lines.","language":"en"}}}