Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Nov. 20 / corr Trend D.Azizov /
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will supply a combined-cycle plant worth $300 million to the Navoyi Thermo-Power Station (TPS) in the first quarter of 2011, Uzbekenergo said today.
Uzbekenergo signed a $470-million contract to upgrade the Navoi TPS in August with the Turkish Calik Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret AS and Spanish Initec consortium. Based on the contract, the consortium will construct the combined-cycle plan with a capacity of 477 MW on "turn-key" terms. Under the contract, Calik will construct the plant and Initec will implement projecting and engineering services.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was awarded a contract to fabricate and deliver the combined-cycle plant with the capacity of 478 MW under the upgrade of the TPS.
The project is financed by a $351-million loan from the Uzbek Reconstruction and Development Fund, Uzbekenergo's private funds amounting to $70 million, and a $47-million loan from Uzbek banks.
The combines-cycle plan will be put into exploitation in 2012.
The reconstruction of the Navoi TPS is intended to supply additional energy to the Navoi free industrial and economic zone established this year.
The capacity of the Navoi State Regional Power Station today is 1,250 MW. In 2008 electricity production in the station increased 11.4 percent to 7,699 billion KW per hour. A total of 2.9 million GCal of thermo-power was supplied to consumers, or 4.5-percent less than in 2007.
There are 42 power stations in Uzbekistan with a production capacity of 12,358 MW, including 16 power stations. Uzbekenergo produces 2.040 MW. The remaining amout is produced at autonomous thermo-power stations owned by industrial enterprises and small hydro-electric power stations belonging to the Agriculture and Water Economy Ministry.
According to official statistics, electricity production in Uzbekistan increased 2.3 percent in 2008 from 2007 to 50.1 billion KW per hour.
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