The Uzbek Ministry of Energy and Chinese company Sinoma EC have agreed to jointly develop geothermal energy and produce energy-efficient building materials, according to a statement from the ministry.
Discussions about the investment projects took place during the visit of Sinoma EC’s CEO, Liu Xin, to Uzbekistan.
Countries like the United States, Indonesia, Turkey and others are actively developing technologies to generate energy from the Earth’s internal heat. In Iceland, geothermal energy accounts for a quarter of the country’s total electricity production.
Geothermal plants are known for their environmental friendliness and ability to produce stable energy regardless of the time of day, season, or other external conditions.
Central Asia has significant potential for geothermal energy. In the 1970s and 1980s, thermal water was utilised in the Uzbek SSR to heat greenhouses during the cold season.
Sinoma EC specialises in producing building materials in China and is also constructing a 300 MW solar power plant in the Navoi Region.
Earlier reports from Kursiv Uzbekistan indicated that electricity generation from wind and solar power in Uzbekistan has reached 4 billion kWh.
