General Electric to supply combined-cycle plant for modernization of Tashkent power station

The US company was selected as main equipment suppliers. General Electric produced and ready to deliver a gas turbine with additional equipment. It is expected that the CCP will be delivered in August in 2014.

In March 2012, international consortium, which included Slovakia’s Synecta a.s. and Istroenergo Group, and Poland’s SNC Lavalin Polska started to modernize Tashkent thermal power station with the cost of US$512 million.

The project is financed due to loan of the State Development Bank of China at the size of US$220 million, own resources of Uzbekenergo – US$117.7 million, loan of Fund for Reconstruction and Development of Uzbekistan – US$76.2 million, consortium funds – US$68.9 million, loans of the Uzbek banks – US$26.9 million, and loan of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) – US$2 million.

Currently, general construction works are underway within the project. It is expected that the construction of CCP will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2015.

The installed capacity of Tashkent thermal power station is 1,860 megawatt. The first block was launched in 1963 and last, 12th, - in 1971.