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Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Saudi Arabian company ACWA Power is building 5 modern power plants with a total capacity of 4,100 MW in Uzbekistan, including 4 wind power plants with a total capacity of 2,600 MW and 1 thermal power plant with a capacity of 1,500 MW.
Power facilities will be located:
- 1 thermal power plant with a capacity of 1500 MW in the city of Shirin, Bayaut district, Syrdarya region;
- 2 power plants of 500 MW each in the Peshkun and Gijduvan districts of the Bukhara region;
- 2 wind power plants with a total capacity of 1600 MW in the Republic of Karakalpakstan.
It should be noted that 4100 MW is 23% of the current volume of electricity production in Uzbekistan.