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Reuters, June 1, 2026 https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/turkey-plans-tanap-style-electricity-corridor-with-azerbaijan-minister-says-2026-06-01/
BAKU, June 1 (Reuters) – Turkey and Azerbaijan are expanding their energy partnership beyond oil and gas into electricity transmission and green energy corridors, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Monday.
Speaking at the opening of Baku Energy Week, Bayraktar said Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bulgaria and southeast European countries were working to strengthen regional energy connectivity.
« We are going to create the electricity version of TANAP, » Bayraktar said, referring to the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline that carries Azerbaijani gas to Europe through Turkey.
Turkey is planning a $30 billion upgrade to its electricity transmission and distribution system over the next decade to accommodate higher renewable, and also nuclear, energy output.
Ankara also plans to upgrade its electricity transmission connections with eastern neighbors Georgia and Azerbaijan, as well as its European neighbour Bulgaria, to trade surplus energy.