00:00Ambitious projects and international partnerships are reshaping Uzbekistan's energy landscape.
00:10Hello and welcome to Business Line Uzbekistan.
00:13As the world races toward a cleaner future,
00:16Uzbekistan is taking bold steps to transform its energy landscape.
00:20In 2018, the country ratified the Paris Agreement,
00:23pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions per unit of GDP by 10% from 2010 levels by 2030.
00:32The country's energy mix has long been dominated by fossil fuels,
00:36with natural gas accounting for about 80% of electricity generation.
00:41By December 2024, Uzbekistan had set a goal for solar, wind and hydropower
00:47to supply 54% of its electricity by 2030.
00:52The share of green energy, including hydropower, exceeded 20% in the first half of 2025.
00:58Major investors, including companies from Saudi Arabia, China and Europe,
01:03are driving this growth through new power purchase agreements and government-backed incentives,
01:08such as competitive tenders, guaranteed tariffs and long-term contracts.
01:13Here is more.
01:14On the banks of the Northern River, in Uzbekistan's Namangyan region,
01:18the country's first national hydropower plant, built entirely with local materials and expertise,
01:24now turns the power of water into the pulse of light.
01:28This is the first stage of the Naren hydropower cascade, a project that will include six plants along the river.
01:33The plant will generate 171 million kilowatt-hours of electricity each year,
01:39enough to power over 430,000 households.
01:43It will help save 290 million cubic meters of natural gas annually and will create more than 100 new jobs.
02:03In the current day, there are only 20-20 kilowatt-hours of electricity,
02:07and there are only 28-megawatt-hours of electricity,
02:09and there are only 200-gear gas that have been managed.
02:13There are only 200-gear gas that are in the middle of the river,
02:14and there are only 200-gear gas that have been managed by 2-3 kilometers,
02:18and there are only 500 kilometers in the river.
02:19From flowing water to moving air, the same energy now drives the wind turbines,
02:29Raising in Cervak, where a 20 megawatt wind plant is taking shape.
02:34For Uzbekistan, these projects are more than just power stations.
03:01They are part of a larger strategy to ensure energy security and sustainability for generations to come.
03:31Micro and mini gas, we will be able to make the president's decision.
03:37We will be able to make all the republicans.
03:43Uzbekistan's energy transformation is taking shape quietly, steadily and powerfully.
03:49Joining us now is Malika Safar Muhammedva, lead specialist of the mining and energy industry development project.
03:56We've seen Uzbekistan made a big progress on this field.
03:59How wind and water energy can contribute to country's energy independence?
04:04Thank you for the very important question.
04:07The energy complex of Uzbekistan is now on a very deep and important stage of modernization.
04:14The progress of the last few years is especially noticed in the wind energy energy.
04:17In 2020, this segment is almost not present in the energy balance of the country.
04:23But in 2024, we can see how it becomes one of the priorities of the new energy policy of Uzbekistan.
04:33Today, in the country, there are 5 large solar electric stations,
04:38thanks to which, for the first 9 months of the year,
04:42there are more than 3 billion kilowatts of electricity.
04:46Thank you for joining us.
04:48Well, that's all we have for this edition.
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