“Heydar Aliyev was the Great Leader who turned Mingachevir into an energy center not only of Azerbaijan but also of the entire Caucasus,” said President Ilham Aliyev as he addressed a groundbreaking ceremony for a thermal power plant, the largest in Azerbaijan`s independence period.

“Under his leadership and on his initiative, the foundation of a large power plant was laid in Mingachevir in 1976. The first block of the big station was inaugurated in 1981 with the personal participation of Heydar Aliyev,” the head of state emphasized.