Uzbekistan invites prequalification for 300 MW solar project
Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy has invited developers to submit request for qualification for the 300 MW Guzar PV solar project.
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Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy has invited developers to submit request for qualification for the 300 MW Guzar PV solar project.
The project is the second project to be tendered under the 1 GW solar programme being overseen by the Uzbekistan government in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which has been mandated to provide transaction advisory (TA) services for the scheme.
Developers have until 30 March 2022 to submit RFQ for the 300 MW PV project.
A site in the Guzar district of Kashkadarya region has been selected for the construction of a 300 MW PV plant, which will be connected to the nearby Guzar 220 kV substation.
The first project tendered under the 1 GW programme was the Sherabad PV IPP. UAE-based Masdar was awarded the contract to develop the 200 MW Sherabad project in June 2021.
The consortium of China’s Jinko Power and China Power Holding International had submitted the second lowest tariff of $cents 2.1621/kWh.
Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power submitted a tariff of $cents 2.4825/kWh and a consortium of France’s Total Eren and Total Solar submitted a tariff of $cents 3.3940/kWh.
Uzbekistan awarded the contract to develop the country’s first solar IPP project to a consortium led by Masdar in November 2019.
Uzbekistan has set an ambitious target to develop 8 GW of clean energy capacity by 2030.
Source: Energy & Utilities