Samarkand solar station to be one of largest in region
06/04/2013 11:14
Samarkand solar station to be one of largest in region
06/04/2013 11:14
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Samarkand photoelectric power station will become one of the largest in the Central Asian region, the head of press service of Uzbekenergo state joint stock company Jasur Nurdinov said.
Nurdinov in article, published at Pravda Vostoka newspaper, the construction of photoelectric power station with the capacity of 100 megawatt is one of ambitious projects.
He said that Uzbekistan carried out research for a long time to determine venue for implementation of the project.
Jasur Nurdinov said in the result Samarkand region was selected as the future locations of the station. Construction of power station demonstrates huge potential of solar energy in Uzbekistan. The technology will provide electricity to population and industrial enterprises, he noted.
Samarkand photoelectric power station will become one of the largest in the region. Its capacity will be able to supply electricity to 10 million lamps within 24 hours. In other words, it will be able supply electricity to mid-size city.
As earlier reported, Uzbekenergo started to develop preliminary project. The company plans to prepare project’s feasibility study by the end of 2013 and start construction in 2014.
The preliminary cost of the project is US$500 million and will be financed due to foreign loans and resources of the Uzbek side.
Uzbekistan has great opportunities to develop alternative sources of energy. There are 300 sunny days in Uzbekistan a year, which can be used to produce solar energy.
Potential of solar energy in Uzbekistan is rated at 50.973 billion tonnes of oil equivalent, which makes up 99.7% of all studied renewable energy sources.
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