TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, May 11. Korean companies presented information about the implemented and planned projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan, Trend reports.
The issue was raised at a meeting between Uzbekistan's Ministry of Economy and Finance and Korean enterprises to discuss greenhouse gas emission reduction.
In particular, the representatives of the Green Economy Development Department of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Economy and Finance, CEO of the Korean Institute of Climate Change (KICC), a researcher at KICC, Department Manager from Korea Investment&Securities (KIS), Project Manager at KIS and Team Leader from Korea Western Power participated in the meeting.
The Korean side discussed Karakalpakstan's 50-ton-per-day licorice waste biopellet energy generation project. To apply this experiment in Uzbekistan's Samarkand and Fergana regions, research is underway.
In the future, other sources besides licorice root, such as sunflower, could be used for the production of pellets.