Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Mar. 29
By Demir Azizov – Trend:
Construction of a second combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) with a capacity of 450 megawatts has started at Navoi Thermal Power Plant in Uzbekistan, the country’s National News Agency (UzA) reported.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev launched the construction of the second CCGT during his trip to Navoi region in central Uzbekistan Mar. 28.
It was earlier reported that Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd will build the CCGT at the Navoi Thermal Power Plant in Uzbekistan.
Uzbekenergo, an Uzbek state-run energy company, and the Japanese companies signed a contract to construct the CCGT in October 2016. The cost of the contract is not reported.
The Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems will supply the main components of the CCGT.
The Mitsubishi Corporation, in collaboration with Turkey’s Calik Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, will supply the rest of the components, as well as provide transportation of the equipment, construction and installation.
Construction of the CCGT is to end in 2019.
The total cost of the project is $547.2 million. The project will be financed through a 33.01 billion yen ($332.6 million) loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), a $150 million loan of the Fund for Reconstruction and Development of Uzbekistan and Uzbekenergo’s own funds.
Once commissioned, the CCGT will annually produce 3.27 billion kilowatts hour of electricity and 1,520 gigacalories of thermal energy.
In October 2012, Uzbekenergo completed construction of the first CCGT at the Navoi Thermal Power Plant. The project cost was about $530 million. The general contractor was the international consortium of Spanish Initec Energia and Turkish Calik Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret AS.