BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 5. Saudi Arabia’s
ACWA Power has started construction of three wind power plants with
a combined capacity of 1.5 gigawatts in Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan
region as part of a $3.06 billion renewable energy project.


This was reflected in a statement by ACWA Power.


The wind farms are being built in the Kungrad district in
northwestern Uzbekistan and are expected to form one of the largest
wind power projects in the Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS), according to ACWA Power.


The project includes a 300-megawatt battery energy storage
system (BESS), about 1,500 kilometers of high-voltage transmission
lines, three 500-kilovolt switching substations and the
modernization of two existing substations.


The facilities are scheduled to be commissioned in the first
quarter of 2027, according to ACWA Power.


The project is part of the Saudi company’s expanding renewable
energy portfolio in Uzbekistan and its broader cooperation with the
country in developing large-scale clean energy infrastructure.







ACWA Power has previously implemented the Nukus 1 and Nukus 2
wind projects in Karakalpakstan’s Beruniy and Karauzak districts,
with a combined capacity of 300 MW.


Including the projects currently under construction, ACWA
Power’s total wind power capacity in Karakalpakstan will reach
about 2.3 GW, with total investment estimated at around $4
billion.


The projects are expected to generate approximately 8.77 billion
kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, supporting Uzbekistan’s
efforts to expand renewable energy generation and diversify its
power mix.


According to Trend’s calculations, the $3.06 billion Kungrad
project represents an investment of about $2.04 million per MW of
wind capacity. The 300-MW BESS equals 20% of the project’s wind
generation capacity. The planned 8.77 billion kWh of annual
generation translates into an average of about 5,847 kWh per kW of
installed wind capacity per year. The project’s annual electricity
output is also equivalent to an average generation rate of about
1,001 MW, or roughly 66.7% of its 1.5-GW wind capacity on an
annualized basis.