Renewables help Uzbekistan cut gas use and emissions

Solar and wind power generation in Uzbekistan has more than doubled, according to the press service of the Ministry of Energy.

By the end of 2025, electricity production increased by 6.38 percent, rising from 81.5 billion to 86.7 billion kWh. Electricity supplied to consumers grew by 14 percent and exceeded 77 billion kWh. The gap between production and supply narrowed from 14 billion to 9.6 billion kWh, or about 11 percent of total generation.

The number of residential consumers reached 8.21 million, up 3.2 percent, while the number of business consumers rose to 519,700 legal entities, an increase of 7.4 percent.

The volume of “green” generation, including hydropower, totaled 16.8 billion kWh, up 29 percent year on year. Solar, wind, and hydropower plants now provide about 20 percent of the country’s total electricity output.

Electricity generation from solar and wind power plants increased 2.1 times and, for the first time, exceeded 10.5 billion kWh.

Thanks to renewable energy sources, Uzbekistan saved 3.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas and prevented the release of 4.7 million tons of harmful substances into the atmosphere.

Over the past year, 42 projects with a combined capacity of 4,647 MW were commissioned, including:

• five photovoltaic power plants with a total capacity of 1,413 MW;
• four wind power plants with a total capacity of 752 MW;
• 10 battery facilities with a combined capacity of 1,245 MW;
• one thermal power plant with a capacity of 1,065 MW;
• two cogeneration plants with a combined capacity of 102 MW.

Construction work began on 21 projects with a total capacity of 3,508 MW, including:

• four solar power plants – 475 MW;
• two wind power plants – 2,300 MW;
• five battery energy storage systems – 675 MW;
• two cogeneration units – 58 MW;
• two substations – 160 MVA;
• power transmission lines spanning 2,050 km;
• gas networks – 285 km.

In addition, 787 km of main power lines, 29,500 km of distribution networks, nine transformers at main substations, and 10,270 transformer substations underwent major overhauls.

A further 8,600 km of power transmission lines, 2,300 transformer substations, and 28 substations were modernized and reconstructed.

As a result, electricity supply improved for more than 800,000 households across 954 neighborhoods.

As part of energy-saving efforts, 2.7 billion kWh of electricity and 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas were conserved.