Acwa Power expands in Uzbekistan: Saudi Arabia’s renewables giant Acwa Power has signed terms of agreements with the Uzbek Energy Ministry and state-owned chemical company Uzkimyosanoat to build a green hydrogen plant and a green ammonia pilot project in Uzbekistan, the company announced in a statement. The projects would be the first of their kind in the Central Asian country.

First, green hydrogen: Acwa’s green hydrogen plant will be connected to an existing ammonia plant and will generate 3k tons of green hydrogen annually. The project is expected to be commissioned in December 2024.

Then, green ammonia: The company will conduct a feasibility study into the proposal of developing a facility to produce 500k tons of green ammonia. The study should be concluded at the end of 2024.

Acwa’s ties with Uzbekistan are strengthening: Acwa inked power purchase and investment agreements (PPA) worth USD 2.4 bn for a 1.5 GW wind energy farm in the country with the National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan.