Shamol Zarafshan Energy will provide a bank guarantee for the fulfillment of its obligations in the amount of $ 35 million, as well as build and donate to JSC National Electric Grids of Uzbekistan a step-up substation of the wind farm after its commissioning.
The agreement on the construction of this wind farm became known this summer. In this regard, it is expected:
- attracting more than $ 600 million of direct foreign investment,
- creation of 1,300 new jobs,
- diversification and strengthening of the energy balance of the republic due to available electricity in the amount of 1.9 GWh. per year (equivalent to consumption of more than 500 thousand households),
- reduction of the volumes of used natural gas (up to 175 million cubic meters per year) with their redirection to other needs,
- reduction of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere (by 1.1 million tons per year).