President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on the development of electric power industry for the years 2025-2035. The President's press service reported this.
In the last eight years, electricity production has increased by 38 percent, reaching 81.5 billion kilowatt-hours. Thanks to opening doors to the private sector, an additional capacity of 11.2 gigawatts was created. As a result, this sector's share in generation reached 24 percent, and the share of "green" energy reached 16 percent.
During this period, household incomes increased 1.6 times, and the use of new types of household appliances led to an over 21 billion kilowatt-hours increase in electricity consumption in households. This is twice as much as in 2016.
By 2030, the population of our country is expected to reach 41 million, and our economy is expected to grow by 1.5 times. Accordingly, it is planned to create an additional value of 45 billion dollars in industry, triple the volume of services, and launch major Data Centers.
For this, above all, stable electricity supply is necessary. According to calculations, 117 billion kilowatt-hours in 2030 and 135 billion kilowatt-hours in 2035 of electric energy will be required. That is, 1.7 times more than currently.
At the meeting, the Minister of Energy presented a long-term program aimed at this goal.
As noted, new power plants and energy storage capacities will be built. Seven thousand kilometers of transmission networks will be constructed, and digital management will be introduced to integrate them into the system. This will ensure energy balance in the regions. If one region experiences a shortage of electricity, additional capacities will be activated in another. These activities will require an investment of 4 billion dollars in "Uzbekistan National Electric Networks" over the next five years.
Another important issue is reducing the cost of electricity. The key to this is increasing alternative sources. Foreign experts also say that Uzbekistan has great potential for "green" energy.
Accordingly, by 2030, it is planned to increase the share of "green" energy in total generation to more than 50 percent. In particular, it is planned to launch 164 megawatts of power at 3,000 micro HPPs, and 750 megawatts of power due to solar and wind installations.
Recently, our state leader emphasized that it is time to transition to a resource-saving economy model.
Specifically, there is a potential to generate an additional 27 percent of gross domestic product through energy efficiency in industry. Currently, some local enterprises in chemistry and metallurgy use twice as much energy as the global average, while in cement production, it is 1.2 times higher.
Therefore, each industry is tasked with economizing 10-15 percent of energy, and by 2030, reducing electricity losses from the current 14 percent to 8-9 percent.
Works on 24 gigawatt projects worth 26 billion dollars with foreign investors have started. They will use a large amount of equipment and construction materials. It was emphasized that this is a great opportunity for our country's enterprises, and it is necessary to develop localization and cooperation in projects.
Tasks were set for providing stable and uninterrupted electricity supply to consumers and for developing personnel training in the field.
Responsible parties were instructed to take all this into account and prepare a program for the development of the electric power industry up to 2035.
