Eighteen new energy facilities have begun operations in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan, Tashkent – According to Podrobno.uz, today the President of Uzbekistan inaugurated 18 new energy facilities, which received an investment of $3.7 billion. He also launched the construction of six power plants. Shavkat Mirziyoyev described this event as historic. To mark the occasion, dozens of representatives from international companies that aided in bringing these projects to fruition gathered in Tashkent.

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In particular, five solar and wind power plants, as well as five high-voltage substations, have been launched in the Bukhara, Navoi, Namangan, and Tashkent regions. Their total capacity is nearly 2300 megawatts. In the Andijan and Fergana regions, energy storage systems have begun operations, becoming the first of their kind in Uzbekistan.

A 400-megawatt power station has been commissioned in the Kashkadarya region, and a modern cogeneration plant has been launched in Tashkent. Four small hydropower plants have been put into operation in the Andijan, Surkhandarya, and Tashkent regions.

The President noted that in 2023, the country's GDP exceeded 100 billion dollars for the first time. The next strategic goal is to increase the economy's volume to 200 billion dollars by 2030.

To sustain this growth, a significant expansion of the energy infrastructure will be necessary. In the next five years, the demand for electricity is expected to increase by 1.5 times, reaching 120 billion kilowatt-hours.

At the same time, under the Paris Agreement, Uzbekistan has committed to reducing harmful gas emissions by 35% by 2030 and to further expand these commitments by 2050. Therefore, the next year will be marked as the "Year of Environmental Protection and Green Economy."

In 2025, 18 solar and wind power plants with a total capacity of 3400 megawatts, along with energy storage systems of 1800 megawatts, will be launched. This will enable the annual production of 12 billion kilowatt-hours of green energy, sufficient to meet the annual consumption of 5 million households and prevent the emission of 6.5 million tons of harmful gases.

In the next two years, a program will be implemented in collaboration with private entrepreneurs to create over 2000 small and micro-hydropower plants.

By 2030, the construction of capacities in the field of green energy is planned: an additional 19 thousand megawatts will increase the share of renewable energy to 54%. The President noted that further strengthening of international cooperation is planned for this purpose.