The Minister of Energy announced expected volumes of Azerbaijani gas supplies to Italy

The president of the Open Joint Stock Company "Azerenerji" (the state monopoly for electricity production and export in Azerbaijan), Balababa Rzayev, received a severe reprimand. According to the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan, Prime Minister Ali Asadov signed the relevant order on this matter on October 5. The order stated that the head of "Azerenerji" was reprimanded for violating the gas usage directions approved in the fuel and energy balance for 2024, as well as for exporting electricity without proper coordination with the government.

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has managed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at its urea plant, Azad Huseynov, the chief data specialist of the company’s subsidiary "Caspian Innovation Center,"stated  during discussions at the Baku Climate Action Week forum. "An ENOM (Energy Network Optimizing Model) system based on artificial intelligence has been implemented at SOCAR's urea plant. This technology has already demonstrated its effectiveness.

The Closed Joint Stock Company "Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping" (ASCO) is beginning to use new types of fuel to achieve zero emissions, ASCO Chairman Rauf Veliyev told journalists. He noted that an order has already been placed with the Baku Shipbuilding Plant for the construction of the first hybrid diving vessel. "Both the concept and engineering of this project were developed by the ASCO Research Institute. This is one of the steps taken to achieve the zero-emission goal. Shipping, in general, is a type of international trade activity worldwide. Therefore, we are building our operations not only in accordance with Azerbaijani legislation but also in compliance with international convention requirements," he said.

All power lines in the city of Zangilan (liberated from Armenian occupation on October 18, 2020) will be laid underground, Rashad Ibrahimov, deputy head of the operation management for the Karabakh region of the Open Joint Stock Company "Azərişıq" (the state monopoly for electricity distribution in Azerbaijan) reported. According to him, the advantage of substation No. 1, with a capacity of 35/4 kV, located in Zangilan, is that the power lines to all residential and public facilities in the vicinity will run completely underground.