ACWA Power signs PPA for Central Asia’s largest wind farm

ACWA Power signs PPA for Central Asia’s largest wind farm

Saudi-listed acwa Power, the world’s largest private water desalination company, and a leader in energy transition and first mover into green hydrogen, has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan for Central Asia’s largest wind farm, the Aral 5GW Wind Independent Power Producer (IPP) project in the Karakalpakstan region. […]Saudi-listed ACWA Power, the world’s largest private water desalination company, and a leader in energy transition and first mover into green hydrogen, has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan for Central Asia’s largest wind farm, the Aral 5GW Wind Independent Power Producer (IPP) project in the Karakalpakstan region.

The agreement was signed during a ceremony inaugurating two of ACWA Power’s ongoing projects in the country, the 1.5GW Sirdarya CCGT plant and the first 100MW phase of the Riverside solar plant in the Tashkent region.

As ACWA Power’s 15th project in Uzbekistan, Aral Wind IPP solidifies the company’s strong commitment to providing the renewable energy needed to meet the Central Asian country’s ambitious aim to have 40 percent of its energy mix provided by renewables by 2030.

Mohammad AbunayyanFounder & ChairmanACWA Power

“This historic project will provide clean power to approximately 4.5 million