Uzbekistan plans to build a thermal power plant together with a Turkish company

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan in cooperation with Cengiz Enerji Sanayiive Ticaret A. Ş. (Turkey) plants to construct a 240 MW combined cycle thermal power plant, the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan said.

Minister of Energy of Uzbekistan Alisher Sultanov held negotiations with a delegation led by the Founder, Chairman of the Board of Cengiz Holding Mehmet Cengiz.

Following the meeting, the Ministry of Energy and Cengiz Energy signed an agreement on the project for the construction of a combined cycle TPP with a capacity of 240 MW under the terms of a public-private partnership.

The Kagansk district of Bukhara region near the Kuyimazar reservoir is chosen as the construction site of the combined-cycle thermal power station.

Thermal power plant operating on natural gas includes two gas turbines manufactured by GE (USA) and one steam turbine manufactured by Siemens (Germany).

The main terms of the agreement on implementation of the project “Construction of a 240 MW TPP in Bukhara region of the Republic of Uzbekistan” between the Ministry of Energy and Cengiz Enerji Sanayiive Ticaret A.Ş. were signed on 19 February.

It should be noted that the construction of a 240 MW power plant in Bukhara region will allow covering the region’s need for electrical energy and reducing the technological losses for transportation through the main electric networks.