Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC (Masdar) has won the tender for the construction of a 457MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Uzbekistan. The contract for the project in the Sherabad district of the Surkhandarya region was awarded by the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan.
The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev formally launched the implementation phase of the project on a visit to the site on 1 June 2021.
This followed his recent announcement on 31 May at the International Summit
Partnership for Green Growth and Global Goals – 2030 that Uzbekistan plans to host an international conference
Green Energy for Developing Countries next year.
A recent deal stands out because it is the first fully privately financed project in the Uzbek energy sector and also the largest EU private sector investment in Uzbekistan, writes Alberto Turkstra.
Masdar has won the rights to develop over 400MW of solar power in Uzbekistan in a public-private partnership tender.
The Uzbekistan Ministry of Energy said Masdar has secured deals for two photovoltaic plants in the Jizzakh and Samarkand regions of the country.
Masdar was awarded the project in the Jizzakh region with a bid to supply solar power at $18.23 (€14.92) a megawatt-hour (MWh) and $17.91/MWh for the project in Samarkand.
The tender attracted seven compliant bids for the Jizzakh site, and six for the Samarkand site, the ministry said.
Minister of Energy Alisher Sultanov said: “Uzbekistan is making huge strides towards producing and providing ‘green energy’ for its population, decreasing the country’s dependence on fossil fuels and reducing overall CO2 emissions.
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