Azerbaijan to become largest 'battery' in CIS

The largest battery-based energy storage centers in the CIS will be commissioned in Azerbaijan's Absheron and Aghdash regions in the coming months, Azerenergy reported.

 These energy facilities, which are the largest battery-based energy storage systems in terms of capacity and volume in the entire CIS, are being built on the territory of the 500 kV Absheron substation near the capital, as well as the 220 kV Agdash substation located in the central part of the country.

The first batch of battery systems for the centers, with a total capacity of 250 megawatts and an energy capacity of 500 megawatt-hours, has already been delivered to Azerbaijan.

The equipment, custom-built at the Great Power factory in China, was loaded onto ships and delivered to the port of Gemlik in Türkiye, and from there by land through Türkiye and Georgia to Azerbaijan via the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Dead Sea, Suez Canal, Mediterranean Sea, and Aegean Sea.

The batteries, each weighing 36 tons, were delivered to their destination. Some 15% of the storage systems have already been delivered to the country, with the remaining 85% to be delivered and installed by April, 2026.