The beginning of the new year is accompanied by good news. Energy China Gezhouba International Corporation successfully signed the EPC spot exchange contract for the 1500MW gas-fired combined cycle independent power generation project in the Syr River, Uzbekistan, marking a good start for the group's international market development in 2021. The contract is signed using cloud signing, and the contract amount is approximately RMB 5 billion.

This project is the first gas-fired combined cycle power plant project signed by a Chinese-funded enterprise in Uzbekistan, and it is also the largest thermal power project signed by Uzbekistan in recent years. It has achieved a good start for the group's international market development in 2021.

Lu Zexiang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Energy Construction Gezhouba International, and Rajit, Chief Investment Officer of ACWA Power, signed the contract on behalf of both parties. The signing ceremony took place simultaneously in Beijing, Dubai, Tashkent and Brussels. Before the signing ceremony, the teams of both parties had friendly talks on strengthening communication and deepening cooperation, and looked forward to taking this project signing as an opportunity to promote the implementation of more projects.

The project is located in Syr Darya, Uzbekistan, about 150 kilometers south of the capital Tashkent. The EPC project scope is the design, procurement, construction, commissioning and trial operation of a new 1500MW gas combined cycle power station. The contract period is 36 months. It adopts Japan's Mitsubishi H-class gas turbine. The signing of the project created an example of multilateral friendly cooperation between Chinese, Saudi, Japanese, and Uzbek companies in the fields of technology, capital, and construction.

Uzbekistan is an important hub along the Silk Road. The Uzbek government has been committed to actively participating in the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and promoting economic and trade exchanges and energy cooperation. As the first IPP project developed by the Uzbekistan government to attract foreign investment, the project makes full use of the abundant local natural gas resources and uses advanced and efficient H-class gas turbines to provide more than 36 million kilowatt-hours of electricity to the local power grid every day, benefiting Uzbekistan’s millions Residents are an important livelihood project planned by the Uzbekistan government. During the construction period, it will provide more than 700 local employment opportunities. At the technical level, the project adopts the world’s highest combustion temperature, highest unit power, highest efficiency gas turbine and the "zero waste water discharge" design scheme. It is the world's leading and efficient green energy-saving and environmental protection project.

Gezhouba International will be a pioneer in implementing the new development concept, give full play to the synergy of China Energy Construction, and cooperate with Zhejiang Thermal Power, Zhejiang Research Institute and other internal units of China Energy Construction to build the project into a model project of the Belt and Road. Editor/Sang Xiaomei