Azerbaijan sets 2035 target for electric stoves in low-carbon strategy

Azerbaijan’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved the Long-term Strategy for Low-Carbon Development of Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Ali Asadov signed the decision. The document sets a target of switching to electric stoves in residential buildings by 2035, as part of electrifying equipment that runs on natural gas. The plan is to support the use of electricity from renewable sources for electric stoves and to encourage their installation in urban and rural areas.

The strategy envisages a conditional goal of “net zero emissions” by 2060. Its implementation will depend on attracting additional financial resources, including international support, technology transfer, concessional loans and private-sector investment. In other words, the plan is to raise the share of electric stoves in all buildings to 100% by 2060 and to require them in all new buildings.

The Ministry of Economy, together with relevant agencies, will coordinate the integration of decarbonisation measures into state programmes, and the Ministry of Finance will fund them. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources will submit the Strategy to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat and organise public outreach. The agency will monitor implementation and report results to the State Commission on Climate Change every two years.