Solar power plant with 300 MW capacity planned in Kashkadarya

A 300 MW solar power plant and a 75 MW energy storage system are planned for commissioning next year in Uzbekistan's Kashkadarya region. The $250 million project will be implemented by Masdar. The details were announced at a meeting chaired by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the socio-economic development of the region.

To strengthen energy infrastructure, $70 million is planned to be attracted for two large substations in Nishan and Kukdala districts, which are also due to be commissioned next year. Another $150 million has been allocated for a 245-km power transmission line along the Tolimarjan–Sogdiana route, and officials have been instructed to complete it next year.

In Karshi district, a 45 MW waste-to-electricity project being implemented with a Chinese partner is nearing completion. Authorities have also ordered six industrial clusters to be set up in Guzar, Shurtan, Mubarek, Dehkanabad and Nishan by the end of the year. Branches of the Kashkadarya free economic zone are to open in Shurtan, Mubarek, Yakkabag and Kasan, with 250 billion soums initially allocated for infrastructure.