DUBAI- Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) agreed a deal build and operate a 500-megawatt wind farm project in Uzbekistan, the Abu Dhabi media office said in a tweet on Tuesday.

The agreement was signed with Uzbekistan's Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade and JSC National Electric Grid, as part of the country's goal of developing 5 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy by 2030.

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