The third international industrial exhibition "Innoprom. Central Asia". Within its framework, the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan J. Mirzamakhmudov held a meeting with the heads of a number of large companies of the Republic of Tatarstan.
On April 17 of this year, a meeting was held between Energy Minister Jurabek Mirzamakhmudov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Uzbekistan Takashi Hatori.
On March 28 of this year, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Chinese companies "China Huadian Overseas Investments", "CNEEC" (China National Electric Engineering Company) and "SANY Renewable Energy" to explore the possibilities of building wind farms with a capacity of up to 1000 MW in the Jizzakh region.
As reported, a modern thermal power plant with a capacity of 1,500 MW is being built by the Saudi company ACWA Power in the territories of the city of Shirin and Bayautsky district of the Syrdarya region.
On February 15, as part of the practical visit of the delegation headed by the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the People's Republic of China, a memorandum of understanding was signed with CEEC ENERGY CHINA on the construction of photovoltaic power plants with a total capacity of 2000 MW in Kashkadarya, Bukhara and Samarkand regions.
Seven new power plants will be launched in our country during the year (one of them is thermal power plant, wind, three solar and two hydroelectric power plants). The total capacity will be 2910.6 MW.
Since November 16 of this year, a regime for limiting additional energy consumption has been introduced in street lighting networks. This reduced daily electricity consumption by 25 percent, or the average daily consumption was 115,900 kWh in October compared to 87,800 kWh in November.
JSC "Thermal Power Plants" is implementing another investment project for the introduction of modern, highly efficient and energy-saving technologies in the field of electricity generation.
A solar photovoltaic station with a capacity of 630 kW has been launched at the building of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
A 500 MW wind power plant is being built by the Emirati company Masdar in the Tomdinsky district of Navoi region.
