Masdar wins big Uzbekistan tender for 457MW solar plant
ABU DHABI, 17 hours, 21 minutes
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Uzbekistan's Ministry of Energy has awarded a major tender to Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) for the construction of a 457 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the country's Sherabad district within the Surkhandarya region.
This project is part of a wider programme to construct solar PV plants with a 1 GW capacity.
The programme is being implemented by Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, with support from the Asian Development Bank.
Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev formally launched the implementation phase of the project on a visit to the site on June 1. This followed his recent announcement on May 31 at the International Summit ‘Partnership for Green Growth and Global Goals – 2030.