and transmission founded 1996 headquarters baku azerbaijan area served entire country key people etibar pirverdiyev ceo 1 website www.azerenerji.gov.az azerenergy azerenerji joint stock company jsc is the largest electrical power producer in the republic of azerbaijan . it also maintains the largest distribution network in the country 2 although the regional power networks are being privatized . azerenergy was recreated as a state owned joint stock company in 1996 by decree of president heydar aliyev . 3 contents 1 power generation 2 see also 3 references 4 external links power generation edit azerenergy operates the following hydroelectric plants mingechevir hydro power plant in mingachevir on the kura river renovated in 2001 360 mw ; 3 4 varvara hydro power plant at varvara on the kura river 16 mw in need of reconstruction ; 5 shamkir hydro power plant near mkir on the kura river completed in 1982 6 380 mw ; 4 yenikand hydro power plant completed in 2000 150 mw ; 3 araz hydro power plant ; and vaykhir . the 25 mw fuzuli hydro power plant is under construction in the fizuli rayon near the bash mil canal . 2 majority of azerenergy electrical generation is done at thermal power plants where fossil fuels mostly heavy fuel oil and natural gas are used to power steam turbines or gas turbines . coal powered generation ceased in 1991 . 7 azerenergy has no nuclear power 7 nor geothermal generating capacity . 8 the thermal power plants of azerenergy are azerbaijanskaya natural gas powered under reconstruction 2 400 mw ; 9 shirvan ; shimal power plant ; 10 baku thermopower centre cogeneration reconstruction completed in 2001 110 mv ; 7 severnaya gas combined cycle power plant ; babek power plant ; astara power plant ; shaki power plant ; khachmaz power plant natural gas powered completed 2006 90 mw ; 11 nakhichevan power plant ; baku 3 power plant natural gas powered completed in 2007 108 mw ; 11 sangachal power plant ; shahdagh power plant ; and sumgait power plant . see also edit yusif kerimov references edit staff 22 october 2009 hydroelectric power plants in azerbaijan are not insured for certain reasons head of azerenergy today.az a b azerenerji about us azerenergi jsc accessed 21 june 2010 a b c electricity in azerbaijan a to z of azerbaijan azerb.com a b hydroelectric plants in the cis platts udi world electric power plants data base the state program on use of alternative and renewable energy sources in azerbaijan republic page 5 translation of part of azerbaijan presidential decree n462 dated october 21 2004 shamkir district history amea arxeologiya v etnoqrafiya i nstitutunun a b c staff 29 july 2002 azerbaijan the power sector aps review downstream trends accessed 21 june 2010 black & veatch 2009 azerbaijan country profile european bank for reconstruction and development ebrd accessed 21 june 2010 gas and oil fired plants in the cis platts udi world electric power plants data base ccgt power plants elsewhere platts udi world electric power plants data base a b diesel and gas engine power plants in azerbaijan platts udi world electric power plants data base external links edit official website v t e energy in azerbaijan oil and gas onshore absheron fields offshore absheron acg azeri alov ashrafi babek bahar chirag dan ulduzu darwin bank gum deniz gunashli karabakh nakhchivan shafag asiman shah deniz shallow water absheron peninsula umid pipelines baku novorossiysk baku supsa baku tbilisi ceyhan baku tbilisi erzurum kazi magomed astara abadan mozdok makhachkala kazi magomed trans caspian trans caspian oil transport system oil refineries baku oil refinery plant energy companies aioc azerenerji azpetrol branobel caspian international petroleum company north absheron operating company socar hydroelectric araz mingechevir sarsang shamkir yenikend see also ministry of industry and energy of azerbaijan state oil fund of azerbaijan retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title azerenerji & oldid 718568844 categories power companies of azerbaijangovernment owned companies of azerbaijan navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages az rbaycanca edit links this page was last modified on 4 may 2016 at 08 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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