Uzbekistan reveals plans for as much as 800 MW of brand-new solar

• The federal government of Uzbekistan recently introduced prepare for two new solar projects supporting a strategy backed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the implementation of 1GW of solar power capacity.

Early next year, the country will certainly hold a tender for the supposed Sheraban Phase II project that will add up to 300 MW to an existing scheme in Sherabad area of the Surkhandarya area, the Ministry of Energy said on Thursday. The last round in a tender for the at the very least 200-MW Sheraban Phase I is currently recurring, with quotes to be approved by March 15, 2021.

The second-phase photovoltaic or pv (PV) park will certainly be set up near to Sherabad Phase I and also will connect with a 52-km transmission line that will connect to a 220-kV substation in Surkhan. The capacity of the plant will be between 150 MW and also 300 MW, relying on the tender end result for the very first stage. Both phases will certainly complete 500 MW.

Separately, Uzbekistan will certainly provide a kick to a 500-MW solar project that will certainly be its 3rd solar public personal collaboration (PPPs) project. To be launched in the first quarter of next year, the project will be split into 3 great deals and also will certainly hurt amongst exclusive companions under the design-build-finance-operate-maintain (DBFOM) version. Among the lots will be paired battery storage component.

The project will certainly be launched in February, claimed Minister of Energy Alisher Sultanov.

Uzbekistan aims to lift the share of its mounted renewables capacity by up to 5 GW in the next 10 years. With the help of the World Bank's International Finance Corp (IFC), it is holding a collection of tenders that will include 1 GW of solar PV.