Uzebkistan has launched six green power plants with a total capacity of 2.4 GW. These were inaugurated by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
As per the President’s Press Services, this signifies the country’s commitment to sustainable energy and its efforts to combat climate change. The event was attended by the presence of international dignitaries and industry leaders, including Masdar CEO Muhammad Jameel Al-Ramahi, Vice President of China Energy Engineering Corporation Wu Yun, Chairman of the Board of China Energy International Group Zexiang, and Chairman of the Board of China Gezhouba Group Lin Xiaodan. Their participation underscores the global cooperation required to tackle the pressing issue of climate change.
Uzbekistan is moving towards renewable energy by creating favourable conditions for the development of the private sector and leading foreign companies in the industry. This is helping projects to expand the potential of renewable energy in Uzbekistan which are being successfully implemented. To name a few, solar power plants were commissioned in the Karmaninsky and Nurabad districts with a total capacity of 200 MW. These plants have so far generated 1 bn kilowatt-hours of “green” energy.
Emirates’ Masdar has completed the construction of three modern photovoltaic stations in the Jizzakh, Samarkand, and Surkhandarya regions with a total capacity of 900 MW. Additionally, the first stage of a wind farm with a capacity of 500 MW was built in the Tamdyn district of the Navoi region.
In the Bukhara and Kashkadarya regions, the Chinese “China Gezhouba Group” completed the construction of the first stage of two solar stations with a total capacity of 1000MW. With this, two million households will get uninterrupted access to electricity with a total cost of $2bn. It will also save 2bn cubic meters of natural gas and boost industrial production and services for $4bn.
Presently, the work is underway on projects for the construction of 22 solar and wind power plants with a capacity of 9 GW.As per the nation’s plan, it plans to increase the capacity of “green” power plants to 27GW. This will save 25 bn cubic meters of natural gas annually and reduce emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere by 34 mn tons.
