25.03.19
World Bank office in Uzbekistan reports that the first project in Uzbekistan on financing, construction and operation of a photoelectric power station, has attracted the global interest. Twenty three companies from all over the world have responded to it.
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, provides consulting assistance to the government of Uzbekistan in setting up a photoelectric power station with a capacity of up to 100 MW in the Navoi region. The WB office in Tashkent reported that this project will be the first stage of a larger government initiative to create capacities to generate up to 1 gigawatt of solar energy, which will help the country to reduce its dependence on gas and increase the share of renewable energy sources in the structure of electricity production. On February 1, 2019 “Uzbekenergo”, a state-owned energy company announced a request for prequalification for the project, and received applications from 23 companies from around the world, including from Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Wiebke Schloemer, a regional IFC Director for Central Asia and Europe said : "An exceptional interest and a large number of companies demonstrate a high curiousity of investors in Uzbekistan. This is recognition of the strong commitment of the government of Uzbekistan to increase the participation of the private sector in the country through an open, competitive and transparent process that is credible to the programme for infrastructure development in the country and will lead to increase in investment". "Uzbekenergo" will evaluate the applications of companies to determine which of them meet the criteria established by the government of Uzbekistan for the project.
