By Lee Kap-soo

On December 27, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev participated in the commissioning ceremony and connecting to the network 5 solar and 1 wind power plants in six regions of the country.

The event was attended by the CEO of Masdar, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Vice President of China Energy Engineering Corporation Wu Yun, Chairman of the Board of China Energy International Group Lyu Zexiang, Chairman of the Board of China Gezhouba Group Lin Xiaodan, CEOs of SEPCO III, Dongfang Electric Corporation and others, with whom these important investment projects are being implemented.

As the President emphasized, Uzbekistan is implementing a large-scale program to reform and increase the sustainability of the energy system.

In recent years, favorable conditions have been created for developing the private sector and leading foreign companies. With their participation, projects are being successfully implemented to expand Uzbekistan’s renewable energy potential.

In particular, for the first time, solar power plants with a total capacity of 200 megawatts, which have so far generated 1 billion kilowatt-hours of green energy, were put into operation entirely through foreign direct investment under public-private partnership conditions.

The UAE’s Masdar has completed projects for constructing three modern photovoltaic stations in Jizzakh, Samarkand, and Surkhandarya regions with a total capacity of 900 megawatts. The first stage of a wind power plant with a capacity of 500 megawatts was built in Tomdi district of Navoi region.