President Ilham Aliyev has arrived in Gusar District.

President Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva have attended the opening of several infrastructure facilities that are part of the Shahdag winter and summer tourist center.

First, the small hydroelectric power plant “Gusar-1” was inaugurated.

The President of the "Azerenergy" OJSC, Etibar Pirverdiyev, informed President Aliyev that water is supplied to the plant through pipes from a special tank built on the Jagar derivational canal near the Urva village. The station is equipped with modern facilities, is fully computerized and automated. For this purpose, a separate control center has been established in the building. The center oversees electricity generation and, on detecting possible problems in advance,
informs of appropriate action.

The head of state launched the station from the control center.

It was indicated that the hydroelectric power plant, the foundation of which was laid by President Ilham Aliyev during a visit to Gusar in August 2010, has three hydro turbines and a hydro generator with a total capacity of one megawatt. Also established on the territory is a 10-kilovolt substation and power lines. The station can generate 5 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year.

It was noted that in order to promote widespread application of small hydroelectric power plants in Azerbaijan, the order of the President of Azerbaijan signed in November 2009 tasked the "Azerenergy" OJSC with preparing a special program. Expert researches have revealed that hundreds of small hydro power plants can be built on mountain rivers and irrigation canals in different regions of the country. On the one hand, such power plants save fuel while generating
electricity and, on the other, are environmentally friendly. The "Gusar-1" small hydroelectric power plant, which will provide electricity to the Shahdag winter and summer tourist center, is one of such plants.

Extensive landscaping work has been carried out and trees planted around the plant which was built by “Azenko”.