The Ministry of the Economy of Uzbekistan, Academy of
Sciences and Uzbekenrgo State Joint-Stock Company (SJSC) will conclude the
development of the project on draft law "On Alternative Energy
Sources" by the end of June, a source in the government circles of
Uzbekistan told Trend on Friday.
According to the source, a bill, aimed at regulating
relations in the sphere of production and use of alternative energy sources,
must be submitted to the government in early July and to the parliament of
Uzbekistan in September.
The draft law in its main provisions and articles will
contribute to the deepening of scientific and experimental research in the
field of alternative energy sources, the practical application of alternative
energy sources in Uzbekistan, as well as to the organization of the domestic
production of advanced equipment and technology for this sector, also the
rational use and saving of energy resources.
According to local experts, by saving the current tendencies
and volumes of resource consumption, the natural gas and coal reserves in
Uzbekistan will only last for the next 20-30 years, while oil reserves are
almost depleted.
Along with this, the potential of renewable energy sources
in Uzbekistan is about 51 billion tons of oil equivalent.
According to the interlocutor of the agency, the hydropower
potential is 9.2 million tons of oil equivalent; eight million tons of oil
equivalent out of this fall on major rivers, 1.2 million tons fall on small
rivers, reservoirs and canals, 50.973 million tons on solar energy, 2.2 million
tons fall on wind potential and 0.2 million tons of oil equivalent fall on
potential of geothermal waters.
The existing technologies can provide the energy equivalent
of 179 million tons of oil, what is three times higher than the current annual
production of primary energy resources, and will also prevent emissions in the
amount of 447 million tons of carbon dioxide, various sulfur compounds,
nitrogen oxide and other substances.
To date 97 percent in the structure of primary fuel and
energy resources are held by oil and gas, 2.3 percent by coal, 0.7 percent by
hydropower. The share of renewable energy in Uzbekistan does not exceed one
percent.
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