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China and Türkiye to Build High Voltage Power Grid for Uzbekistan

The Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan recently announced that China Electric Power Technology and Equipment Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of State Grid Corporation of China, will construct high-voltage transmission lines and substations in Uzbekistan.

On April 23rd, Azerbaijani Trend News Agency stated that Ukrainian Energy Minister Mirzamakhmudov and General Manager of China State Grid International Development Co., Ltd. Yu Jun signed a memorandum of understanding, according to which Chinese companies will increase their power transmission to Uzbekistan.

According to the website of the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan, according to Yu Jun, the company will conduct in-depth research on the construction of high-voltage power grids and substations in Uzbekistan from aspects such as design, construction, financing, and turnkey.

Trend News Agency said that earlier, major energy companies in China and Türkiye had won the international bidding of Uzbekistan's State Grid Corporation. In December 2022, Xi'an XD International Engineering Co., Ltd. won the bid with a large power company in Türkiye in the bidding of "High Voltage Power Grid Construction Project in Tashkent and Silhe Prefecture of Uzbekistan". Chinese enterprises are responsible for constructing 72 kilometers of 500 kV transmission lines. The project is planned to be implemented from 2022 to 2024.

According to the "Silk Road Briefing" website, Uzbekistan will also become the first country in Central Asia to develop and produce solar energy. The report also said that in addition to the project itself, the cooperation between China and Türkiye once again shows that China's "the Belt and Road" initiative also involves other regional partners, not just China's state-owned enterprises.

In the field of green energy, Chinese enterprises such as China Electric Power Engineering Co., Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine in March, planning to develop and construct wind power plants with a total capacity of up to 1000 megawatts.