Uzbekistan to tender for 400MW solar

• Competitions will certainly go obey end of 2021, Uzbek energy preacher told an Uzbek-German organization forum

The Government of Uzbekistan is wanting to obtain 400MW of solar capacity as part of a collection of upcoming tenders.

Uzbekistan energy minister Alisher Sultanov outlined a series of upcoming power tenders throughout the 3rd Uzbek-German organization forum, held in Frankfurt.

Sultanov said that by the end of 2021 Uzbekistan will certainly introduce 3 brand-new worldwide tenders, for the building and construction of over 400 km of overhead power lines, plus 2 new tenders for 400MW of solar power.

Further tenders, to provide 200MW of power generation capacity, will be announced in 2022,

Sultanov stated he was inviting German firms to join the upcoming tenders, because of "great chances" for participation in the power market.

Uzbekistan's government has actually launched a number of tenders for energy infrastructure projects because 2019.

Continuous tenders consist of solar PV power plants with total capability of 1 GW in 2019-2025, sustained by the Asian Development Bank.

Reciprocal arrangements authorized with foreign business, consisting of Total Eren (France), Masdar (UAE), as well as Aqua Power (Saudi Arabia), will certainly likewise total up to 1.6 GW total capability.

Sultanov also highlighted Uzbekistan's energy reforms to date, as well as reiterated the nation's enthusiastic goal to increase by 2030 its power generation capacity to 30GW, 25% of which will certainly be from renewables.

He included that solar resources represent 51 billion tonnes of oil equivalent and also wind power resources stand for 360 million tonnes of oil equivalent.