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Uzbekistan is implementing projects in the "green" energy sector worth $ 13 billion
Today, at a meeting on priority issues to increase the use of renewable energy sources in 2024, the president noted that the potential of solar and wind energy in our country is enough to generate 10-12 times more than the current electricity demand.
The issue of using such a huge opportunity has been ignored for a long time, but in recent years, thanks to the creation of a legislative framework in this area, an attractive environment for investors has been formed.
Large programs have been launched in our country to create sources of "green" energy. To date, the industry has received $2.1 billion in foreign direct investment, and projects worth $13 billion are under implementation.
Modern solar and wind power plants are being built in almost all regions of the republic. In particular, 9 large solar and wind power plants with a capacity of 1.6 gigawatts have been commissioned in Bukhara, Jizzakh, Kashkadarya, Navoi, Samarkand and Surkhandarya. 6 large and small hydroelectric power plants with a capacity of 183 megawatts have been launched in Andijan, Samarkand, Surkhandarya and Tashkent regions.
In addition, the President noted that solar panels with a total capacity of 457 megawatts have been installed at social facilities, enterprises and organizations, in buildings owned by entrepreneurs, and in residents' apartments.
These measures made it possible to generate an additional 5 billion kilowatt hours of environmentally friendly electricity and save 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas.
In addition, extensive work in this area has given a great impetus to the production of products such as transformers, cables, heating collectors, and solar panels at local enterprises.
