BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr. 29
By Ilkin Seyfaddini – Trend:
The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Paris discussed the implementation of photovoltaic stations construction project in Samarkand region with Senior Vice President of Total Eren Company – Fabienne Demol, Trend reports citing Uzbek media.
Demol confirmed Total Eren's readiness to invest 150 million euros in the construction of energy facility with a total capacity of 100 MW in Uzbekistan.
The company's partners in the project are the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan and the National Electric Grids of Uzbekistan. The company has already installed meteorological measuring devices to collect data on energy potential in Samarkand region. Completion of the work and launch of the project is scheduled for late 2021, the report says.
Total Eren will carry out design, financing, construction and operation of the power plant for the entire project period (25 years).
"Fabienne Demol also said that Total Eren has allocated charitable funds in the amount of $25,000 to support the fight against the spread of coronavirus in Uzbekistan, some of which will go to the account of the public Mercy and Health fund, the rest - in Samarkand region," the message said.
The first agreement on cooperation in the construction of photovoltaic stations with Total Eren was signed in October 2018 during the official visit of President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to France.
Total Eren is a leading French-based IPP from renewable energy sources (solar, wind, hydro), with more than 2,400 MW of gross capacity in operation or under construction on 5 continents.
The company aims to achieve a global net installed capacity of more than 3.7 GW by 2022, and is supported by strong strategic and financial shareholders, including Eren Groupe, Total S.A, Bpifrance, Tikehau, NextWorld Group and FFP.
In Central Asia, Total Eren started developing renewable energy projects in 2017.
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