Uzbekistan to build 5,000 km of power grid and 16 major substations by 2030

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is holding open talks with investors in the fuel and energy sector, the presidential press service reported. He stressed that new power plants must be matched by grids that deliver electricity to consumers, with generation, transmission and energy storage working together.

Demand in Fergana, Andijan and Namangan is partly met by electricity produced in other regions, and new industrial zones and large plants will add further load. Artificial intelligence and data centers are among the fastest-growing sources of demand. For each large data center, main and backup power supply, energy storage and cooling systems are planned together.

Over the past five years, more than $2 billion has been invested in modernizing power grids. By 2030 the plan is to build 5,000 km of networks and 16 large substations and raise energy storage capacity to 4.5 GW, mostly in Karakalpakstan, Bukhara, Jizzakh, Samarkand, Namangan, Kashkadarya and Tashkent regions. A project to deliver green energy to Europe via the Caspian, with Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, is moving into practical stages.