📋 Tender Overview
Project Name
Samarkand 1 Solar PV and BESS Project
Project Number
58290-001
Borrower / Company
ACWA Power Sazagan Solar 1 LLC
Country / Economy
Uzbekistan
Location
Type or Modality of Assistance
Operational Priorities
OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality
OP3: Tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability
Sector / Subsector
Energy / Renewable energy generation - solar
Gender
Some gender elements
Project Sponsor(s)
ACWA Power Company
Description
The project involves a 500 megawatt alternating current (MWac) solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, 668 megawatt hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS), transmission line and other auxiliary infrastructure and will be one of the first utility-scale renewable energy projects with BESS component in Uzbekistan. The Project will help unlock Uzbekistan's significant untapped wind resource potential and provide sustainable electricity for the country's economic development.
Objectives and Scope
Uzbekistan's new energy policy emphasizes the deployment of renewable energy, encouraged by early achievements to invite private sector investments in multiple large solar and wind power projects, the government is currently working on increasing the solar capacity to 7 GW and wind capacity to 5 GW. This project is expected to establish bankable precedents intended to catalyze further private sector participation in Uzbekistan's renewable energy sector.
