Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Feb. 17 / Trend D. Azizov /
In 2010 British Ansol Ltd. will supply four expander-generators for the Syr Darya and Talimardjan thermal power plants in Uzbekistan worth $ 20 million, the State Joint Stock Company Uzbekenergo said.
Uzbekenergo reported that a British company won the tender bid to supply this equipment. In accordance with the tender conditions, a winner of the tender must conduct supervision of equipment installation, commissioning and staff training.
One of four expander-generators will be put for Talimardjan, three - for the Syr Darya thermal power plants.
Installation of four expander-generators will increase total annual capacity of Talimardjan and Syr Darya thermal power plants up to 20 MW.
Project will be financed by a loan from the Uzbek Fund for Reconstruction and Development to the amount of $ 14 million and own funds of Uzbekenergo to the amount of $6 million. The project will be completed by late 2010.
Talimardjan thermal power plant was put into operation in 1994. Its design capacity supplied by a power-generating unit is 800 MW.
Syr Darya thermal power plant is the biggest thermal power plant in Uzbekistan. The installed capacity of ten units is 3,000 MW.
According to Uzbekenergo, currently installed capacity of Uzbek thermal power plants is 12.4 million kilowatt, including 12 million kilowatt within the structure of Uzbekenergo. Share of departmental thermal power plants does not exceed 3 percent (362.5 megawatt).
About 10 thermal power plants with summary capacity of 10.6 million kilowatt produce the main share of electric power up to 90 percent. About 29 hydroelectric companies with capacity of 1.4 million kilowatt, are united into cascades of hydroelectric power stations and work on the watercourse.
During 2009-2014 Uzbekistan plans to implement 24 projects for the development of electricity worth $3.5 billion, including heat-and-power engineering - eight projects with additional capacities to the amount of 2,255 megawatt, hydro-power engineering - 15 projects with 440 megawatt.