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ACWA Power to build Central Asia’s

largest wind farm in Uzbekistan

CENTRAL ASIA SAUDI Arabia’s ACWA Power has announced especially Saudi partners on the transition to a
its readiness to build a wind farm in Uzbekistan low-carbon economy. The ACWA Power project
that will be the largest in Central Asia and one will make a big contribution to this process. Our
of the largest in the world. An agreement for the plan is to produce 25% of electricity from renew-
investment was signed on May 3 with the Uzbek able energy sources by 2030, “ said Deputy Min-
ministries of energy, investment and foreign ister of Energy of Uzbekistan Sherzod Khodjaev.
trade. The project is expected to meet the electricity
The project covers the development, con- needs of approximately 4mn households and off-
struction, and operation of a 1,500 MW wind set approximately 2.5mn tonnes of carbon diox-
power project in Karakalpakstan. ide per year. It is in line the with the government
“This project is another significant achieve- goal of significantly increasing electricity gener-
ment for your country and reinforces ACWA ation using renewable energy to meet growing
Power’s commitment to work with fast-growing demand.
markets such as Uzbekistan to achieve its ambi- ACWA Power is also rolling out two wind
tious renewable energy and sustainable devel- projects in Bukhara and Navoi, with a combined
opment goals,” said ACWA Power chairman power generation capacity of 1,000 MW. In Syrd-
Mohammad Abunayyan. arya region, it is implementing a project to build
“As an energy producer, we in Uzbekistan a high-efficiency gas power plant with a capacity
are learning a lot from our Middle Eastern and of 1,500 MW.™

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