Power

There are 37 electric power plants functioning in Uzbekistan, with a combined fixed capacity of 11,200 MW (heat power plants - 9,800 MW and hydroelectric power plants - 1,400 MW with potential of 56-57 billion-kilowatt hours annually). Four of the heat power plants have a capacity of more than 100 MW. These include Sirdarya, New-Angren, Tashkent and Navoi power plants. Talimardjan power plant, the largest heat power plant in Central Asia, with a designed 32,00 MW power is currently under construction. The Hydro Energy Branch is represented by 28 hydroelectric power plants - the largest being Charvak with 620 MW. There are a total of 130 turbo and hydro aggregates installed at power stations, among them are 37 up-to-date power units. Each block possesses a capacity of 150 to 300 o MW. The enterprises of the Ministry of Power Engineering and Electrification provide centralized energy supplement to thirteen towns of the I republic, with the total fixed capacity of boilers equaling 6,200 Gigacalories per hour. The total length of circuits extends more than 227,000 kilometers with 33,900 kilometers of high voltage circuits with more than 35 KW capacity and 10,300 kilometers of cable power transfer lines. The fixed capacity of power transformers exceeds 42,600 MW.

The Program for Development of Export Potential stipulates for electric energy growth from 46.48 million kWh in 1997 to 51.7 million kWh including export of 200 million kWh. For this purpose the New-Angren HRES construction should be completed by the end of 2000 and an energy block processing capacity of 300 MW based on Angren coal must be deployed. To hit that target a turbine power generator with capacity of 80 MW at Mubarek heat electric power plant as well as the estimated deployment of the first power unit with a capacity of 80 MW using low sulfide content gas of Shurtan deposit will be completed by the year 2001. The project will provide favorable opportunities for local and foreign investors. The foundation of Talimardjan heat power plant will provide stable supplement for the national electricity needs of Uzbekistan and other republics in the Central Asian region. It should also make energy export possible. The Sirdarya hydro power plant project is reckoned to be the first direction for improvement of equipment efficiency and fuel economy. The main goal of the project is that reconstructed units must achieve designed 300 MW power productivity having lowered fuel expenses to 330 g/KWH. The construction project includes replacement of existing rotors with modern ones and refinement of water circulation and preparation systems. The project deployment will make it possible to produce an extra 600 million kWh per annum, in order to save 100 million cubic meters of natural gas and to improve the equipment operational safety and reliability.

Hydro energy engineering development is based on small water-carriers with hydro-energy potential equaling approximately 1 billion kWh and Pskem hydro power plant construction on the Pskem River (Tashkent Province) with an estimated capacity of 459 MW and production of 900 million kWh of electricity per annum. Increasing heat demands are expected to defray with further heat source development, reconstruction and switching of Tashkent power plant to heat mode, the foundation of New-Tashkent heat power plant - having electrical capacity of 450 MW and heat capacity of 1000 Gigacalories per hour - and Ferghana HPS-2 having a capacity accordingly of 230 MW and 650 Gigacalories per hour. In order to decrease environmental harm, there is a project of sulfur filters and ash catchers at New-Angren power plant.


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