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Uzbekistan completes construction of power lines

Oil&Gas Materials 12 August 2010 18:32 (UTC +04:00)

Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Aug. 12 / Trend D.Azizov /

The State Joint-Stock Company Uzbekenergo completed the construction of power lines of 500 kV from the Syrdarya TPP to the Sogdiana substation in the Samarkand region worth $113 million, a source in the company's management told Trend.

Power lines length 220 km run parallel to existing lines and will ensure an uninterrupted supply of electricity to the population of Bukhara and Samarkand regions.

The power line is expected to be put in the commercial operation in early September.

The load on existing transmission lines between the Bukhara-Samarkand energy unit and Syrdarya TPP is about 1,500 MW at the optimal loading of 800 MW. This situation leads to frequent accidents and outages in the power ensuring of the region.

The construction of power lines was financed by Uzbekenergo ($88 million) and the Islamic Development Bank's (IDB) loan in the amount of $25.1 million.

IDB loan was provided to Uzbekistan in October 2004 for 15 years, including 3-year grace period. Of which, 1$7.4 million were granted for terms of sale by installments, 7.7 million - on a lease basis.

At present, there are 42 electric power plants with total capacity of 12,358 MW, including 11 thermal power plants with capacity of 9.87 MW and 31 hydroelectric power with capacity of 1,7 MW. The potential for electricity production is 56-57 billion kilowatt hours

Uzbekenergo plans to upgrade existing and build new transmission lines length of 601.4 km in different regions of the country by late 2014. The project cost is $203 million.

At present, the length of transmission line in Uzbekistan is over 235,000 km, including power line voltage 220-500 kV - 7,500 km, 35 power lines- 110 kV - 28,200 km, 0.4 -10 kV transmission lines - about 200,000 km.

Uzbekistan's power production decreased by 0.3 percent to 49.954 billion kilowatt hours in 2009 compared to 2008.

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