UAE company involved in $1bn project in Uzbekistan

Wam

A consortium, which includes an Abu Dhabi state-owned company, is set to develop a $1 billion wastewater treatment plant in Uzbekistan.

The group, comprising Abu Dhabi Sustainable Water Solutions Company, Japan’s Marubeni Corporation and France’s Suez, signed a development agreement with Uzbekistan’s investment, industry and trade ministry and state-run Uzsuvtaminot JSC.

The project, located in Tashkent, will produce 1.5 million cubic metres of treated water per day, the UAE state-run Wam news agency reported.

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Construction is expected to start in 2026, with completion by 2030.

The facility will serve three million people in Tashkent and surrounding cities and replace the two existing wastewater treatment plants in Salar and Bektimir.

SWS, Marubeni Corporation and Suez will work on the development, financing, engineering, procurement, and construction of the wastewater treatment plant and sewer trunk lines. The group will manage the operation and maintenance of the plant for 25 years.

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Once commissioned, Uzsuvtaminot will take over the operation of the new sewer trunk lines.

In September 2022, the Mubadala Investment Company and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company signed agreements to invest in the privatisation of two gas-fired power generation plants in the Talimarjan power complex in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan is seeking to generate 35 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.