Uzbekistan communication base station photovoltaic power generation

Large-scale solar PV projects have been subject to competitive bidding processes in Uzbekistan since 2019 and an awarded project can sign a long-term contract with NEGU at a fixed tariff, as noted above. The government of Uzbekistan also aims to develop small- and medium-scale solar projects.

The policy and regulatory frameworks enabling further solar energy deployment in Uzbekistan. Increasing power system flexibility to integrate the increasing amount of solar generation. Finally, the recommended actions are a co-ordinated package of measures to implement to make solar energy the key energy source in Uzbekistan in 2030 and beyond.

Turkish company Cengiz Enerji will build the fourth thermal power plant in Uzbekistan in Jizzakh. China's Gezhouba Group is building solar photovoltaic power stations in Bukhara and Kashkadarya. Also, an agreement was signed with a Korean company on the construction of an electricity generating station from waste gas in Akhangaran.

For comparison, the area of the hydropower reservoirs are more than 15 times the size of the world's largest solar park in India, which has an installed capacity of 2.25 GW. In this regard, the potential of floating solar PV on the hydropower reservoirs is a realistic opportunity to further increase solar PV capacity in Uzbekistan.

Valuable comments, feedback and input were provided by Bekzod Asadov and Askar Zaitov (the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan), Philippe Malbranche (the International Solar Alliance), Seung Duck Kim (the Asian Development Bank), and Alexander Zenebe (the EU Delegation to Uzbekistan).

It outlines the sustainable energy environment solar energy could deliver and offers a timeline up to 2030. In this vision, Uzbekistan succeeds in maximising the benefits of solar energy capacity for both electricity and heat, making solar energy one of the country's major energy sources.