(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 3. Uzbekistan will
develop a new program to expand and support the use of renewable
energy sources (RES), the spokeswoman of the Uzbek Ministry of
Energy Elmira Bekmurodova told Trend .
According to her, by 2026 it is planned to increase the share of
renewable energy sources in the total energy balance of Uzbekistan
to 25 percent, which will save about three billion cubic meters of
natural gas per year.
The spokeswoman noted that by 2026, the total installed capacity
of solar and wind power plants in Uzbekistan will reach 8,000
megawatts.
'In accordance with the program to expand and support the use of
RES, eight wind power plants with a total installed capacity of
4,000 megawatts will be built in Uzbekistan', Bekmurodova said.
She said that four such power plants will be built in 2023-2024
in the country's Republic of Karakalpakstan, Bukhara and Navoi
regions, and their total installed capacity will be 1,600
megawatts.
'In 2025-2026, four wind farms with a total installed capacity
of 2,400 megawatts will be put into operation in Uzbekistan', the
spokeswoman said.
Bekmurodova also said that solar power plants with a total
installed capacity of 1,100 megawatts will be put into operation in
the Navoi, Jizzakh, Samarkand, and Surkhandarya regions of
Uzbekistan in 2023.
According to her, five solar power plants with a total installed
capacity of 900 megawatts are planned to be commissioned in 2024 in
Bukhara, Namangan, Khorezm, Kashkadarya and Fergana regions.
'In 2025-2026, solar photovoltaic power plants with a total
installed capacity of 1,800 megawatts will be put into operation in
Uzbekistan. By 2030, the total generation of small renewable energy
sources with an installed capacity of up to 1 megawatt will be
increased to 1,000 megawatts,' Bekmurodova said.
The spokeswoman added that the management system for the use of
renewable energy will also be improved in Uzbekistan.
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