TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, January 12. Uzbekistan plans to increase the total capacity of solar power plants to 2.6 GW, wind power plants to 900 MW, and to create energy storage with a capacity of 400 MW in 2024, Trend reports.
This was revealed in an annual report, discussed at a recent government meeting. The report also included measures planned for 2024 to increase the share of renewable sources in the energy sector.
In addition, Uzbekistan aims to complete projects that began last year and expand green energy capacity in the coming years.
Currently, Uzbekistan continues to work on 28 projects on the basis of public-private partnership for the construction of solar, wind and hybrid power plants with a total capacity of 6.3 GW. Of these, 7 projects (2.6 GW at first stage) were launched in 2023.
Last December, the power of five solar photovoltaic stations in Samarkand, Jizzakh, Surkhandarya, Bukhara and Kashkadarya regions, as well as a wind power plant in Navoi region, were connected to the countrywide network. The plants in Jizzakh, Samarkand, and Surkhandarya regions (900 MW) have been built by Emirati Masdar company.
In addition, work is underway on 12 projects to build green power plants and energy storage in cooperation with companies from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, China, France and Switzerland.
Furthermore, Uzbekistan has set goals for the production of renewable energy, aiming to increase its share of this area in the energy balance to 25 percent by 2026. This entails the addition of 15 GW of new renewable energy capacity.
Meanwhile, Uzbekistan is going to develop a concept for the development of electricity networks. The concept will define measures to modernize existing networks, build new substations and transmission lines, introduce modern automated fuse systems, digital control systems (SCADA/EMS), increase the share of reserve capacities and energy storage.