STRONG PENETRATION OF RES AND DIGITALISATION IN THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN Ioannis Rampias, PhD, MSc, BSc in Electrical Engineering University of Wales, UK Former Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Dpt. – Power Division at the University of West Attica (UNIWA) and the Dpt. Of Energy Technology at the T.E.I of Athens, Greece Klimenko Natalya Leonidovna, Energy Expert, Diploma in Electrical Engineering TSTU, MSc Public Administration Management University of York, UK VIS Economic & Energy Consultants S.A. Abstract Digital technologies in electricity sector are not something new. They had been used for
many decades in balancing supply and demand, ensuring secure and continuous
electricity supply, and managing consumption from the demand side (Energy
Management Systems, EMSs). The technological advancements and concerns about
environment protection (along with the commercial interests of various industrial actors)
created new challenges and, consequently digital solutions. In this article we discuss not
so much the digital technology, but the technical problems and paradoxes that underline
the today‘s trends in the electricity sector due to the policy of decarbonisation, i.e.
reduction in use of fossil fuels and increase of use of electricity in industry, public sector
and households. These issues are quite important for Uzbekistan as it progresses in
implementation its strategy for wider use of the renewable energy sources.
1. Introduction From 2015 till 2022 the increase in generating capacity in Uzbekistan was achieved
mainly by building power plants operating on fossil fuels. The first large-scale solar
power plant (100 MW) was commissioned in Uzbekistan in 2021. Until recently the
introduction of generation based on renewable energy sources was slow as demonstrated
by the Chart 1 and 2. In 2022 renewable capacity, including hydro made up about 14% of
Uzbekistan‘s installed capacity with 2.3 GW (solar and wind accounted for just about 1 %
with only 253 MW) (1).
МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ НАУЧНО-ТЕХНИЧЕСКАЯ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ
АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ ЦИФРОВИЗАЦИИ ЭЛЕКТРОМЕХАНИЧЕСКИХ И
ЭЛЕКТРОТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ СИСТЕМ
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