Baku/05.09.19/Turan: With the participation of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the ceremony of putting into operation the Shimal-2 power station in the Baku suburb of Shuvelan took place, the president"s website.
The total project cost amounted to more than $ 330 million.
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation allocated $ 275 million as a soft loan.
The project involved the construction of a combined cycle plant with a capacity of 409 MW.
Construction was conducted by the Japanese company Toyo Engineering Corporation.
Previously, a 400 MW CCGT unit was commissioned at Shimal GRES.
With the launch of Shimal-2, both power plants will generate 5.7 billion kWh per year. -06D--
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