Uzbekistan to build plant for production of industrial batteries
By Kamila Aliyeva
A plant for the production of industrial batteries unique for the CIS countries will be built in Uzbekistan by the middle of next year, the press service of Uzvtorcvetmet JSC reported.
The production will be equipped with high-tech equipment from the South Korean manufacturer Unicor Co. Ltd.
“Thanks to this project a huge potential for introducing new technologies and improving the reserves of energy sources will emerge in the areas of alternative energy, mobile communications, defense structure,” the company’s press service said.
Uzbekistan has favorable climatic conditions for the use of solar energy. Therefore, its use is relevant both for the purpose of ensuring energy security and improving the social and living conditions of the population.
The production of industrial batteries at the Uzvtortsvetmet enterprise will be of great importance in this sphere.
“The construction of the new plant will, on the one hand, fully meet the demand within the country, on the other -- increase the supply of products for export,” the project manager, Behzod Yunusov, said.
Uzbekistan enjoys vast potential in renewable energy, and 98.5 percent is solar energy, 320 sunny days per year. The World Bank estimates that Uzbekistan solar total potential is more than about 51 billion tons of oil energy, which cannot only save a lot of oil resources, but also improve the atmospheric environment.
The country adopted the program on the development of alternative energy sources in 2013.
In particular, construction of the several solar power plants with total capacity of more than two gigawatts, creation of the International Institute for Solar Energy and the construction of the facility on the photovoltaic panel production with the capacity of 100 megawatts is planned within the framework of the program.
Currently, oil and gas account for 97 percent, coal - 2.3 percent and hydropower - 0.7 percent in the structure of primary energy resources of Uzbekistan.
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