TOTALENERGIES RENEWABLES UZBEKISTAN
OUR RENEWABLE ENERGY ACTIVITIES IN UZBEKISTAN
TOTALENERGIES RENEWABLES UZBEKISTAN, A PIONEER IN THE COUNTRY
In Uzbekistan, electricity production is largely provided by thermal power plants, mainly gas-fired and coal-fired. Diversification of the electricity mix is therefore a major challenge for the country’s low-carbon ambitions, as evidenced by the Uzbek government’s goal of achieving 8 GW of renewable capacity (solar and wind), to produce 25% of the country’s electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
TOTALENERGIES RENEWABLES UZBEKISTAN is part of the solution to this challenge and was, as early as 2018, one of the first international players to develop renewable energy projects in Uzbekistan. In October 2018, on the occasion of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s official visit to France, Total Eren signed an agreement with the Uzbek Ministry of Investment and the National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan for the development, construction, financing and operation of a 100 MWac (131 MWp) Tutly solar power plant.
The solar plant, located near the city of Samarkand, is currently under construction. Once completed, it will produce 270 GWh per year, enough to supply energy to 140,000 people in Uzbekistan, while saving 160,000 tonnes of CO2.
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