BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 4
By Ilkin Seyfaddini – Trend:
The Uzbek Ministry of Energy has published an analysis of the country's energy sector in its new Concept of Electric Power Supply to Uzbekistan for 2020-2030, Trend reports citing the ministry's statement.
According to the Ministry, currently available generating capacity of Uzbekistan is 12.9 GW, of which: thermal power plants take 84.7 percent; hydroelectric power plants - 14.3 percent; block-stations and isolated stations - 1 percent.
"The main source of generation is 11 thermal power plants. The capacity of modern energy-efficient units is 2,825 MW, or 25.6 percent of the total TPP capacity. In 2019, TPPs generated 89.6 percent of electric power from the total power generated within the country. At the same time, the total capacity of power units operating during the hours of maximum loads of the single electric power system amounted to 8.6 thousand MW," the report says.
The report said the hydropower industry includes 42 hydroelectric power plants, including 12 large ones with a total capacity of 1.68 GW (90.8 percent of total HPP capacity), 28 micro powerplants with a total capacity of 0.25 GW (13.5 percent) and two micro HPPs with a total capacity of 0.5 MW.
The average level of technological losses of electric energy in main networks is 2.72 percent, and in distribution networks 12.47 percent, the report said.
Currently, work on two pilot projects for construction of photovoltaic plants with capacity of 100 MW each in Samarkand and Navoi provinces has begun. The investor company is Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC - Masdar. The construction is planned to wrap up in 2021.
The investor undertook to sell the generated electricity at a fixed tariff - $2.679 per 1 kWh, to a single purchaser - National Electric Networks of Uzbekistan.
The obligations of the investor and the project company are secured by a bank guarantee in the amount of $20 million. National Power Grids of Uzbekistan will open a confirmed renewable credit line in foreign currency to cover 6 months of electricity purchase.
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