TASHKENT, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Uzbekistan has signed contracts with investors for the construction of green power plants, local media reported Tuesday, citing Uzbekistan's Deputy Minister of Energy Umid Mamadaminov.
He said the Uzbek side has signed contracts with investors for the construction of solar and wind power plants with a total capacity of 12 gigawatts (GW).
Over the past three years, foreign investments in solar and wind energy in Uzbekistan have exceeded 2 billion U.S. dollars.
Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov recently announced that the country intends to increase the share of renewable energy sources to 25 percent by 2030. ■
