/24^th December 2020, EBRD, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH^TM/  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) shall provide financing for a 100 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Uzbekistan. The plant is located in the Navoi region and is one of the first renewable energy projects in this country realised by the private investors. The engagement of the EBRD is providing an equity bridge loan of up to US$ 60 million to Nur Navoi Solar Holding for the construction and operation of the plant. The loan will allow the project investors Masdar, owned by Mubadala Investment Company, a global investment holding established and wholly owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi, to borrow the amount of equity it puts into the project. 

/27^th February 2019, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH^TM/ The state energy company Uzbekenergo and the State Investment Committee, (collectively referred to as the “Procuring Authority”) issued at the beginning of February a request for pre-qualification for the 100 MW solar PV project, in Uzbekistan. The Procuring Authority now invites prospective bidders (each a Prospective Bidder) capable of meeting the qualification criteria set out in this Request for Prequalification document (RFQ) to submit sealed prequalification applications following the requirements of this RFQ. The next stage will involve a Request for Proposals (RFP) from prequalified bidders.

/22^nd April 2021, EIB/  € 3.4 billion of new financing approved today by the European Investment Bank (EIB) will accelerate shift towards renewable energy and sustainable transport, corporate innovation, improved housing, education and communications. “The green transformation of the global economy gathers speed. The green energy and sustainable transport projects approved by the EIB, the EU’s climate bank, today demonstrate the vision, ambition and partnership needed to slash greenhouse gas emissions this decade and beyond. I am thrilled that this week the European Union agreed to be climate-neutral by 2050. Tomorrow President Biden will host world leaders and renew the shared determination to fight the climate crisis. The return by the US to the community of countries committed to the Paris Agreement goals and to climate action is hugely welcome news, an essential and urgent step toward multiplying the effect of individual actions through global cooperation”, said Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank. 

/25^th February 2019, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH^TM/  Uzbekistan plans five large scale solar photovoltaic (PV) by 2021. Energy security, affordability, and efficiency are key priorities of the government’s energy strategy, according to the recently published report Uzbekistan Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Market Outlook 2018÷2027. Uzbekistan is a promising country among CIS states for investors in solar photovoltaic (PV) energy due to its excellent solar irradiation potential and high fossil fuels dependency rate. The government has adopted policy and legal frameworks with clear goals to reduce energy intensity and losses, and enhance sector investments and institutional change. According to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated №4512 ’On measures for further development of alternative energy sources’, principal attention is being paid to broader use of solar energy and biogas.