BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 22. Uzbekistan plans to build 15 new hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) and modernize five existing HPPs in 2022-2026, Trend reports via Uzbek media outlets.
This will make it possible to produce an additional 868,000 kWh of electricity per year.
The Uzbek authorities plan to take measures to increase the energy efficiency of the economy by 20 percent by 2026 and reduce emissions of harmful gases into the atmosphere by 20 percent through the active introduction of green economy technologies in all areas.
In 2022, seven HPPs with a capacity of 173 MW will be built in the Samarkand, Surkhandarya, and Tashkent regions of the country.
In 2023, the modernization of one HPP in the Tashkent region will be completed and two HPPs with a capacity of 29 MW will be put into operation in Kashkadarya and Andijan regions.
Along with this, in 2024, four HPPs with a capacity of 127.4 MW will be modernized and put into operation in Andijan, Namangan, Surkhandarya, and Tashkent regions.
In 2025-2026, four HPPs with a capacity of 544 MW will be put into operation in Kashkadarya and Tashkent regions.