Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Turkish company Aksa Enerji is implementing a project to build a 240 MW combined-cycle power plant and a 230 MW gas piston power plant in Tashkent region based on the public-private sector.

Construction, installation and commissioning works are underway at the facility. Yesterday, on 22 December, the first voltage was applied to the open switchgear of the power plant. The auxiliary equipment of the plant, in turn, is currently being commissioned.

In the next 7-8 days, the power plant will be connected to the only power grid of Uzbekistan and will start supplying electricity.

The commissioning of the power plant will produce 3.9 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. The project itself will save 550 million cubic meters of natural gas annually.

This investment project is being implemented on the basis of public-private partnership in accordance with the resolutions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PP-4807 from 13 August 2020 and No. PP-5018 from 4 March 2021.