On March 25 this year, within the framework of implementation of the investment project "Construction of thermal power plant with the capacity of 1600 MW at Syrdarya TPP" the agreement on purchase of electricity between the JSC "National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan" and consortium of EDF (France), Nebras Power (Qatar) and Sojitz (Japan) was signed. The agreement was signed by the Chairman of JSC "National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan" and the Vice-President of the consortium, Ms. Beatrice Buffon.

The implementation of the project is planned on the area of 150 hectares in the Syrdarya region, city of Shirin and the commissioning of the facility is scheduled for May 2024.

The annual power generation capacity is 12.3 billion kWh, which will give the opportunity to provide high-quality electricity to Syrdarya and neighboring regions of the Republic of Uzbekistan.      

Also, within the framework of the First Investment Forum, the management of the National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan JSC held a working meeting with representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, where issues of joint bilateral cooperation in the energy sector were taken into account. In particular, the issues of personnel training in the field of the introduction of digital technologies in the energy system and the integration of generation capacities obtained by renewable energy sources were discussed.

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