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REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTANENERGY POLICY

Ministry of Economy of Uzbekistan

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Contents• Uzbekistan: General Information• Current energy policy• Energy demand and supply (statistics)• Past energy demand and supply(at least past 10 years)• Outlook of energy policy, demand andsupply
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PASSPORT OF COUNTRY
Area: 447.8 thous.sq.km

Population: 32,0 mln. people
Capital – Tashkent
Large cites – Samarkand,
Bukhara, Fergana, Urganch
Ethnic groups:
Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik
5%, Kazakh 3%, other 2.5%.

Language – Uzbek
Religions:Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis),
Eastern Orthodox 9%,other 3%Government type: Republic,
Head of the state - President
Currency: Uzbekistan som

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General Information
GDP growth rate (in % to the previous year)

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Sustained high rates of economic growth (7-10% per annum on average)

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Current energy policy• Forcing the energy efficiency policy• Development of technology based on
ecologically friendly energy;• Energy efficiency as a part of national
forecasts;• Priority to the development of RES.
• Growth of energy resources’ commercialexport

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Power energy demand and supply

billion.kWh
60

58.9
57.5

58

56.2
56
54.8
54.0
54

53.1
52.4
51.8

52
50.9
50.1
50
49.0
48.0
48
46.7

46.9

47.1

47.3

47.5

4644

4240
2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

billion.kWh2007 2008 2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

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Joint stock company "Uzbekenergo" is thegoverning body in the power energy and coal industries the major structural components of the economy.
The company includes 54 enterprises andorganizations.
The installed capacity of power plants of"Uzbekenergo" is 13.9 million kW.
The Thermal Power Plants of total capacity about
12.5 mln. kW is the base of the Power System ofUzbekistan. The power units of capacity from 150 to 800
MW each are set up at 5 big Thermal Power Plants
These are such a big Thermal Power Plants as
Talimardjan, Syr-darya, Novo-Angren, Tashkent andNavoiy TPP’s generating over 85% of electric power.

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Structure of Installed Capacities ofPower Plants in Uzbekistan
The installed capacities of power plants inUzbekistan (MW), total
including:

14,511.5

1. JSC “Uzbekenergo” including:
Thermal power plants (TPP)
Hydro power plants (HPP)

13,938.2
12,499.0
1,439.2

2. Power plants which are not in jurisdiction ofJSC “Uzbekenergo”

572.3

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Electrical Energy Consumption
by Economic Sectors and Population

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Consumption by Thermal Power Plants

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Outlook of changing the structure ofpower energy capacities up to 2030th y.
2016 Y.
58.9 BILLION KWH

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The Intensity of Solar radiation

The gross potential of solar radiation in the Republic ofUzbekistan is estimated to be in the range from 525 billion
kWh up to 760 billion kWh13

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