Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan launching large-scale project  to build green energy transmission line across Caspian Sea with  further access to Europe

ArmInfo. Kazakhstan, together with Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, is starting work on a large-scale project to build a green energy transmission line across the Caspian  Sea with further access to European markets. This was stated by the  President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the Central  Asia-European Union summit in Samarkand, whose words are quoted by  the official website of the Kazakh leader. 

According to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kazakhstan remains a reliable  supplier of hydrocarbons to Europe.  The country accounts for about  13% of all oil imports of the European Union, the bulk of which goes  through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC). "We highly appreciate  the support of the European Union aimed at ensuring the stable and  long-term functioning of this consortium, and at the same time we are  developing alternative routes for transporting raw materials.  Kazakhstan is implementing projects in the field of renewable energy  and environmentally friendly fuel. We are increasing the capacity of  wind and solar energy, and also developing projects for the  production of "green" hydrogen together with our long- standing  partners Total, Eni, Svevind and other European companies. In  addition, Kazakhstan, together with Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, is  starting work on a large-scale project to build a "green" energy  transmission line across the Caspian Sea with further access to  European markets," the Kazakh leader said.

Earlier, EU officials, in the context of developing relations between  Yerevan and Brussels, spoke about the importance of involving Armenia  in the Black Sea submarine cable project.

For example, on April 5 last year, European Commission President  Ursula von der Leyen, at a joint briefing with Armenian Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and  High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security  Policy Josep Borrell, stated that the EU will invest in Armenia,  first of all, in infrastructure projects, for example, in the Black  Sea electric cable project, "which has numerous opportunities."

In addition, RA Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan emphasized that  work is underway in Armenia to create relevant infrastructures that  will serve the upcoming processes within the framework of this  project.

ArmInfo previously reported on the plans of the Tashir Group of  Companies to build a thermal power plant in the Noyemberyan region  with a capacity of 126 MW and a cost of $120 million, the electricity  from which was to be exported within the framework of the  above-mentioned initiative.