THE 3
rd
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES OF STUDENTS AND YOUNG RESEARCHERS
dedicated to the 99
th
anniversary of the National Leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev
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1. https://www.iea.org/countries/azerbaijan
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potensiali
PRESENT SITUATION WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY IN
AZERBAIJAN, KAZAKHSTAN AND UZBEKISTAN
Zumrud Pashazade
Baku Higher Oil School
Baku, Azerbaijan
zumrud.pashazade.std@bhos.edu.az
Supervisor: Siyavush Azakov
Keywords:
greenhouse
gas emission, wind power, solar energy, energy security
After
the rapid industrialization, renewable energy is no longer
considered to be a unique source of energy; instead, within the recent years
it has become an important pathway from “dirty energy” to “clean energy” in
the energy sector for the majority of the countries across the world. The
greatest part of the global energy demand is dominated by non-renewable
energy sources. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are taking place at
the top of the list which are known as the major energy producers and net
energy exporters in the global energy market. However, due to the adverse
effects of vast amount of greenhouse gas emissions
on environment and
human health, it is required to switch to low-carbon energy sources on a
global level as rapidly as possible. The fact that fossil fuel combustion
accounted just over three-quarters of total
greenhouse gas emissions
worldwide (Ritchie and Roser, 2022), it is highly expected for renewable
energy to have a powerful impact in the process
of decarbonizing energy
sector in the forthcoming decades.
Climatic factors such as speed of wind, sunlight and water availability
have a significant impact on RE technologies. Considering that all three
countries are quite sunny and windy, these suitable conditions allow them to
have an excellent untapped potential for the green energy development. The
journey of these countries with renewable energy is quite new, as their rich
fossil fuel reserves have long been playing the key feedstock role in their
energy demand. The main reason behind
this long-term focus on
hydrocarbons as the only source to create energy is the high energy security
of resource supply, and a large capital investment in the petroleum sector.