China Ministry of Commerce grants USD 2.293 million for mobile energy stations in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan

On August 26, 2019, China's Ministry of Commerce signed an implementation contract with the State Energy Service of Nakhchivan granting USD 2.93 million for the provision of 800 mobile energy stations to the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Azerbaijan. Hebei Machinery Import & Export Company was tasked with shipping the mobile stations and sending installation specialists and trained local technical staff in operation and maintenance over the course of the four months following the signing of the agreement. The order included two 200 kilowatt (kW) diesel generators, 410 two-kW mobile solar stations, 410 solar water heaters, and six 10-kW hybrid solar-wind stations. One hybrid solar-wind station and one set of solar water heaters was installed on the campus of Nakhchivan State University to give students studying electrical engineering experience with the new technology.

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1. The location is for Nakhchivan State University, which received some of the donation.

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