Uzbekistan announces $1.3 bln in waste-to-energy projects

Sejin Heavy Industries

21/10/2024 14:43

TASHKENT, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Uzbekistan plans to
implement projects worth about $1.3 billion focused on the
construction of waste-to-energy plants, President Shavkat
Mirziyoyev's office said on Monday.
    Tashkent plans to work on those with China's CAMC
Engineering  002051.SZ  and Shanghai SUS Environment as well as
Tadweer Group of the United Arab Emirates and South Korea's
Sejin  075580.KS .
    Combined, the plants will process 4.7 million metric tons of
solid waste a year into 2.1 billion kilowatt-hours of electric
power by 2027, Mirziyoyev's office said. Uzbekistan's total
power output is over 70 billion kw-h per year.

 (Reporting by Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov
Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
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