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Minister of Energy of Uzbekistan Alisher Sultanov held negotiations with an EBRD delegation led by the managing director (Sustainable Infrastructure Group) of the bank, Nandita Parshad on 6 October.

As the head of the delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) noted at the beginning of the meeting, Uzbekistan currently, despite the difficult conditions associated with the pandemic, is a regional leader in the effectiveness of reforms in the energy sector.

Welcoming the members of the delegation, Alisher Sultanov expressed gratitude to the EBRD for the support provided in the completion of the First phase of the tenders. So, in September, the winner of the tender for the construction of the first industrial wind power plant with a capacity of 100 MW in Karakalpakstan was announced. It was ACWA Power (Saudi Arabia), which offered an electricity tariff of 2.5695 cents per kWh.