ACWA Power Company will build electricity storage systems with a capacity of 2000 MWH in Uzbekistan

    Energy 15 November 2024 221

    Within the framework of the COP-29 conference, held in Baku (Azerbaijan), an agreement was signed between the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan and the Saudi company ACWA Power on the implementation of a project for the construction of electricity storage systems with a total capacity of 2,000 MWH throughout the republic.

    Within the framework of the project, studies of the energy system will be conducted throughout the republic, and based on the results, regions will be selected where electricity storage systems will be phased in.

    According to preliminary estimates, the total cost of the project is 1.1 billion US dollars.

    Over a thousand jobs will be created during the construction of the project.