Uzbekistan Outlines Country's Role In Green Energy Transfer Project To Europe (Exclusive)
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 6. Azerbaijan,
Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan plan to build a 2,450-kilometer-long
direct current power transmission line within the framework of the
"green" electricity transfer project, the Minister of Investment,
Industry, and Trade of Uzbekistan Laziz Kudratov told Trend .
"Now we are actively working on the preparation of the
feasibility study of the project. Within the framework of this
project, it is planned that DC power transmission lines will pass
through Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, with access to
European markets," he emphasized.
Laziz Kudratov also mentioned that Uzbekistan, in turn, is
actively developing wind power generation projects, especially in
the Republic of Karakalpakstan, with a total capacity of up to
10,000 MW. Soon, it is planned to finalize the draft
Intergovernmental Agreement on the implementation of this ambitious
project.
To note, the heads of the Ministries of Energy of Kazakhstan,
Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan signed a memorandum of cooperation on
the interconnection of energy systems of the republics within the
framework of the Tashkent International Investment Forum on May
1.
The purpose of the signed memorandum is to define the basic
conditions of cooperation within the framework of the project on
the interconnection of energy systems of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan,
and Uzbekistan.
The document assumes that the parties intend to explore the
possibility of connecting the energy systems by laying a
high-voltage cable along the Caspian Sea bed and in the territory
of other countries with the implementation of the most optimal from
technical and economic points of view trade in "green" energy from
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.
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