Japanese company to build gas turbine power plant in Turkmenistan

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Nov. 26 By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend: Japan's Sumitomo Corporation and Turkey's Ronesans have started the construction of a 432 megawatt gas turbine power plant in Charjew District of Turkmenistan's Lebap Province, the "Neutral Turkmenistan" newspaper reported. The project is being implemented under a contract with the Turkmenenergo State Corporation. The project is financed by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), which has entered into a loan agreement with the State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of Turkmenistan. "In the main building of the power plant, it is planned to mount three gas turbines with a capacity of 144 megawatts each, which will be supplied by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems," the report said. Follow Trend on Telegram. Only most interesting and important news