Uzbek Energy Group to Construct Four Small Power Plants Worth 60m Dollars
Excerpt from report by Uzbek newspaper Delovoy Partner Uzbekistana on 17 July
The Uzsuvenergo [Uzbek Water Energy] association intends to put into operation four small hydroelectric power stations worth a total of 60m dollars in Uzbekistan by the end of 2008.
A source at Uzsuvenergo said that it was proposed to invest most of the money in the construction of the Andijon small hydroelectric power station with a capacity of 50 megawatts and the Ohangaron small hydroelectric power station with a capacity of 21 megawatts, costing a total of 52m dollars.
[Passage omitted: background; about 48bn kWh of electricity is generated in Uzbekistan annually]
Originally published by Delovoy Partner Uzbekistana, Tashkent, in Russian 17 Jul 08.
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