Within the framework of the COP-29 conference, held in Baku (Azerbaijan), an agreement was signed between the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan and the Saudi company ACWA Power on the implementation of a project for the construction of electricity storage systems with a total capacity of 2,000 MWH throughout the republic.
Within the framework of the project, studies of the energy system will be conducted throughout the republic, and based on the results, regions will be selected where electricity storage systems will be phased in.
According to preliminary estimates, the total cost of the project is 1.1 billion US dollars.
Over a thousand jobs will be created during the construction of the project.
Temporary restrictions on the operation of automobile gas-filling compressor stations (CNG stations) will be introduced in Uzbekistan, the press service of the Ministry of Energy reports.
On December 4, the Ministry of Energy held a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi, who arrived in Uzbekistan on a two-day official visit.
Uzbekistan has launched a mobile application "Avto24", which provides information about the nearest gas stations, filling stations with liquefied or compressed gas, as well as charging stations for electric vehicles.
Within the framework of the COP-29 conference, held in Baku (Azerbaijan), an agreement was signed between the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan and the Saudi company ACWA Power on the implementation of a project for the construction of electricity storage systems with a total capacity of 2,000 MWH throughout the republic.
Within the framework of the COP-29 conference, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, a contract was signed between the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan and Masdar company from the United Arab Emirates for the implementation of a project for the construction of a 1000 MW wind farm in Uchkuduk district of Navoi region.
On October 18, in Tashkent, within the framework of the event "Week of International Partnership Initiatives", a panel session "Prospects for the transition to green energy: achieved results and plans for the future" was held.
On October 12, a regular working meeting was held at the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan, which was attended by Minister of Energy of Uzbekistan J. Mirzamakhmudov, Minister of Water Resources of Uzbekistan Sh. Khamraev, Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan A. Satkaliev, Minister of Water Management and Irrigation of Kazakhstan N. Nurzhigitov and Minister of Energy of the Kyrgyz Republic T. Ibraev, as well as other responsible leaders.
The Ministry of Energy has opened a new hotline for citizens wishing to file a complaint about cases of coercion to install solar panels. This is reported by the press service of the department.
