International tender for the construction of the first solar-wind power plant in Turkmenistan was announced
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An international tender for the construction of the country's first hybrid solar and wind power plant with a capacity of 10 MW in the Balkan region has been announced by the Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan. Proposals are accepted until August 6, 2021.
It will be the country's first renewable power plant. At a government meeting last Friday, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted that this hybrid station would initiate work carried out in the country in the field of renewable energy sources, emp that the most advanced technologies and know-how would be installed there.
According to the President, the implementation of this project would become a concrete practical step in the implementation of the National Strategy of Turkmenistan for the development of renewable energy.
An agreement on the allocation of a loan for the construction of a hybrid solar-wind power plant with a capacity of 10 MW in the amount of US $25 million was signed with the Abu Dhabi Development Fund during a visit to the UAE on June 10, 2021 of a Turkmen delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Supreme Control Chamber of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdymukhamedov.
At a government meeting last Friday, the President of Turkmenistan signed a decree according to which a loan was provided to the State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs for 15 years with a grace period of 3 years at 4% per annum. The same decree instructed the Ministry of Energy of the country to conclude an internal Credit Agreement with the State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs for a period of up to 15 years with a grace period of 3 years at 4.5% per annum.
In May 2019, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov launched the construction of a modern village in the Karakum desert near the artificial lake «Altyn Asyr». Wind and solar installations will be used here to generate electricity.
Summed up the results of seven months
In the Balkan region at the Central Office of the oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan, a reporting meeting was held in the format of a videoconference dedicated to the results of the work done in the first 7 months of this year.
Gas pipeline at Uchadzhi-Zerger section put into operation in Lebap region
In the Lebap region, a gas pipeline was put into operation at the Uchadzhi-Zerger section with a length of 125 kilometers. Its construction was carried out during this year by the specialists of the fifth construction and installation department of the «Turkmengundogarnebitgurlushyk» trust, the electronic edition «Turkmenistan: Golden Age» reports.
The Vice-Chairman of Turkmenistan discussed the upcoming Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Turkey summit and other events in Baku
On December 5, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan in Baku discussed the agenda of the trilateral summit Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Turkey, as well as meetings of the ministers of foreign affairs, transport and energy of the three countries, to be held next week in Avaza. This was reported on Tuesday by the website of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry.
International tender for the construction of a polyvinyl acetate plant has been announced
The state concern «Turkmengas» has announced an international tender for the design and construction of a «turnkey» gas chemical plant for the production of polyvinyl acetate in the Dashoguz region. The text of the tender was published in the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper.
At the exchange of Turkmenistan, the amount of foreign transactions exceeded 3.1 million US dollars
Over the past week, 9 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.