The Spanish company EOLOS Floating Lidar Solutions has launched a wind measurement campaign in the Caspian Sea for the first time as part of a project to construct offshore wind power installations with a total capacity of 600 MW, implemented by Azerbaijan Green Energy Company (AGEC) and the Azerbaijani Energy Ministry, according to a statement from EOLOS on social media.
EOLOS Floating Lidar Solutions has launched, for the first time in the Caspian region, a comprehensive offshore measurement campaign in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea using a floating LIDAR system, the company said. The research is being conducted as part of an offshore wind energy project implemented by Azerbaijan Green Energy Company (AGEC) and the Azerbaijani Energy Ministry, it said.
It is noted that EOLOS received the contract for these research activities in January 2026 following a relevant tender announced within the project.
For the measurement campaign in the Caspian Sea, an FLS200 system, equipped with equipment for monitoring wind, meteo-oceanographic parameters and biofouling, has been deployed in the center of the area designated for the project, the company said. Additional equipment for measuring currents and waves has been placed on the seabed along the perimeter of the area. The campaign is expected to last one year and will provide data necessary for selecting turbines and foundations, it said.
As reported, the Azerbaijani Energy Ministry signed an executive agreement in December 2025 with Clean Energy Capital, a subsidiary of AGEC, for the assessment, development, and implementation of an offshore wind energy project with an initial capacity of 200 MW and a total capacity of 600 MW. Under the agreement, Clean Energy Capital committed to conducting research in a designated body of water in the Caspian Sea.
Azerbaijan plans to commission 8 GW of onshore and offshore wind power capacity by 2032. According to the Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap prepared by the World Bank, the total technical potential for wind energy in the Azerbaijani part of the Caspian Sea is estimated at 157 GW, of which 35 GW is in shallow water and 122 GW in deep water.
