Uzbekistan launches tender for 300-MW solar project

• Uzbekistan has issued an Request for Qualification (RfQ) as part of a tender looking for to award an approximately 300-MW solar project in the country's southeastern area of Kashkadarya.

The solar farm is prepared to be set up in Guzar district. Interested designers have until March 30 to send their applications, according to the RfQ papers.

The picked designer will authorize a 25-year contract and also will be tasked with the layout, structure, financing, procedure, upkeep of the solar (PV) park. Additionally, the champion will deal with developing a 220 kV high-- voltage dual circuit transmission line to an existing substation located in closeness to the project site.

The potential to including a battery storage space element to the project will be checked out via an information feasibility research, the energy ministry claimed.

The project will certainly be understood under a programme of the Uzbek government as well as supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the release of 1 GW of solar capacity throughout the nation on a public-private collaboration basis.

Under its renewable energy strategy, Uzbekistan is seeking to deploy as much as 7 GW of solar energy capacity by 2030 and is holding a series of tenders to sustain the goal.