On May 16 the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev made the official visit to the United States. During a meeting with the U. S. President Donald Trump, Shavkat Mirziyoyev stated that Uzbekistan and leading U. S. companies signed agreements worth 5 billion dollars.
The U. S. President said that Uzbekistan is a strategic partner for the U. S. in many areas, including trade. He also underlined that the U. S. invest in Uzbekistan. In turn, Shavkat Mirziyoyev stressed that the investment component of cooperation between the countries has changed significantly over the past year and a half. He noted that Uzbekistan buys a lot of technologies and equipment from the United States. It was mentioned that the agreements with the leading U. S. companies worth 5 billion dollars were signed as a part of this historic visit. “The name of the Joint Statement “Uzbekistan and the United States of America: the beginning of a new era of strategic partnership” speaks for itself, testifies to our aspirations aimed at a long-term perspective,”- the President of Uzbekistan said.
In particular, the General Electric and Uzbekenergo intend to expand cooperation in the energy sector. The Genaral Electric and Uzbekenergo signed agreements during the official visit of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyeva to the United States. The parties will consider construction of a new combined-cycle unit at the Tashkent thermal power plant, which will be based on GE’s turbines of H-class. The companies will create a working group to analyze the prospects for applying high-efficiency technologies in steam generation for new coal power units in Uzbekistan. The use of GE’s technologies can increase operational indicators of power units due to more efficient coal combustion, including high ash species, as well as to ensure compliance with international emission standards.
“We are pleased to develop our cooperation with Uzbekenergo aimed at increasing the productivity and environmental friendliness of the country’s energy facilities,” – Bela Ferenczi, the CEO of General Electric for Central Asia & Azerbaijan said. “The use of GE’s advanced technologies will help ensure the population and industrial enterprises of Uzbekistan with high-quality and reliable energy supply.”
“For sustainable operation of energy enterprises, Uzbekenergo is implementing a long-term investment program to build new and modernize existing energy facilities,”- Ulugbek Mustafayev, Chairman of the Board of Uzbekenergo added.
The General Electric was the main supplier of equipment for the 370 MW CCGT unit at the Tashkent thermal power plant. Currently, the GE works with Hyundai Engineering to build two 230-280 MW CCGT units at the Takhiatash TPP.
Uzbekistan and the U. S. signed agreements worth 5 billion dollars
