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Uzbekistan Thermal Power Plants Generate 15.2bn kWh in Nine Months

Uzbekistan Thermal Power Plants Generate 15.2bn kWh in Nine Months
Uzbekistan Thermal Power Plants Generate 15.2bn kWh in Nine Months / Photo: UzDaily.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Enterprises of Thermal Power Plants JSC generated 15.2 billion kWh of electricity in the first nine months of 2026, achieving 108% of the forecast target. Heat supply totalled 5.9 million Gcal, reaching 107% of the planned level, the company’s press service reported.

The company operates eight power plants with a combined capacity of 6.9 GW and nine heating centres operated by Toshkent issiqlik markazi LLC. Another power plant with a capacity of 2.1 GW is also managed by the company.

Specific conventional fuel consumption for electricity generation stood at 272.11 grams per kWh. This was 3.46 grams below the forecast for the year and 5.79 grams lower than the figure recorded over the same period in 2025.

During the reporting period, the company consumed 3.8 billion cubic metres of natural gas and 645,500 tonnes of coal to generate electricity and heat.

Energy-saving activities across the company’s enterprises are organised in accordance with the international ISO 50001 energy management standard.

Based on this framework, an organisational and technical measures plan for 2026 was approved in coordination with Uzenergoinspektsiya under the Cabinet of Ministers.

Over the first nine months, the measures helped save 52 million cubic metres of natural gas and 137.7 million kWh of electricity. The gas-saving target was achieved at 137.7%, while the electricity-saving target reached 107%.

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