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Renewable energy in Uzbekistan

  • National energy-saving company to appear in Uzbekistan

    UZBEKISTAN, 2017/08/27 National Energy-Saving Company (NEC) is being created in Uzbekistan in accordance with the presidential decree “On measures for further introduction of modern energy-efficient and energy-saving technologies”. Local media reported that the NEC is being created “for introduction of modern energy-efficient and energy-saving technologies in the national bodies and organizations, inclunding for ensuring rational consumption of the energy resources.” The company’s tasks will include monitoring the efficiency of the energy consumption in Uzbek government agencies and organizations, preparation of proposals and introduction of the modern energy-efficient and energy-saving technologies, execution of the technical, technological, economic and other measures aimed at the reduction of the consumed energy resources’ volume.
  • Uzbekistan gets IRENA membership

    UZBEKISTAN, 2017/08/26 Uzbekistan became a member of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on August 24, according to the data published on IRENA’s official Twitter account. The membership in the agency is open to the states which are members of the United Nations and to regional intergovernmental economic integration organizations.
  • Germany to construct wind farms in Uzbekistan

    GERMANY, 2015/04/25 The German GEO-NET and Intec-GOPA have evaluated the predictive potential of Uzbekistan in the field of wind electricity in additional than 520,000 megawatts of installed capacity on 17,000 square kilometers with a production of 1.07 trillion kilowatt / hours of electricity annually, the message of the Uzbekenergo National Joint Stock Company (SJC) said. Before it was reported that in summer 2014, the German companies began a study of the wind energy potential of Uzbekistan within the framework of the contact signed with the Uzbekenergo. The arrangement envisaged the study of Uzbekistan’s wind potential in six regions to find out the opportunities for industrial production of electricity with average annual wind gust strength of 100 meters per second.