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Can a New Power Link Boost the EU’s Energy Independence?

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The plant supplies up to 230 megawatts of power to Azerbaijans grid. The town was destroyed and abandoned during Azerbaijans recent war with the Armenia-backed breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Bulgaria wants in, as does Armenia. Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan remain high, however.

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Azerbaijan Plans Caspian-Black Sea Energy Corridor

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It’s a huge project,” says Zviad Gachechiladze , a director at Georgian State Electrosystem , the agency that operates the country’s electrical grid, and one of the architects of the Caucasus green-energy corridor. “To To the south, tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan remain after the recent war and ethnic violence.