Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia plan three major power projects that will boost the use of clean and renewable energy in the Central Asian country, Uzbekistan’s Energy Ministry said on January 25.
Following agreements signed in March 2020, cooperation between the Uzbekistan Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, and Saudi company ACWA Power has led to three major milestones in the development of power projects to enable Uzbekistan’s ambitious energy transformation plan and increase energy capacity by 2500MW, the Uzbek ministry said in a press release.
The ground-breaking ceremony of the 1500MW Sirdarya CCGT plant, followed by the signing of two Power Purchase Agreements and Investment Agreements for two wind power plants located in Bukhara and Navoi, was conducted in the presence of Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade