The delegation of Azerbaijan took part in the meeting of the IRENA Council

On May 23-24, a delegation of the State Renewable Energy Agency (AREA) under the Ministry of Energy, headed by Deputy Director Kamran Huseynov, took part in the 25th meeting of the Board of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi.

Report informs referring to the Agency.

K. Huseynov took part in high-level panel discussions on topics such as "The path to COP28: an energy transition based on renewable energy sources and critical materials", "Global state of the market and geothermal energy technologies", "Financing of projects in the field of renewable sources" energy."

In his speech, he informed about Azerbaijan's energy transition and projects implemented in the field of renewable energy sources, about the potential and prospects of geothermal energy in our country, about the difficulties and supporting mechanisms associated with financing renewable energy projects at the global macroeconomic level. Bilateral meetings were also held related to cooperation with the Geothermal Alliance, the exchange of experience in the field of green hydrogen, the use of existing IRENA platforms and supporting mechanisms in green energy projects implemented in Azerbaijan. A number of meetings have taken place between AREA and IRENA related to the expansion of future cooperation.

Deputy Director of AREA also took part in the meetings of the committees "Programme and strategic", "Administrative and financial".

At the event, which was attended by representatives of 113 countries and the European Union, Azerbaijan was elected a member of the "Administrative and Financial" Committee for the next two years.

According to the decision taken at the 13th session of the IRENA Assembly, Azerbaijan is a member of the IRENA Council for 2023-2024.

source; report.az