Uzbekistan to build eleven waste-to-energy plants

Uzbekistan is embarking on a significant infrastructure project, planning to construct eleven waste-to-energy plants throughout its regions. This initiative aims to tackle growing landfill volumes while simultaneously generating electricity from waste materials.

The Agency for Waste Management and Circular Economy Development reports that six of these plants will be built in the Andijan, Namangan, Fergana, Samarkand, Kashkadarya, and Tashkent regions. The total investment for these facilities amounts to $933 million. Once operational, they are projected to process up to 3.6 million tons of waste annually, producing approximately 1.6 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity.

Construction is also commencing on five more plants, requiring an additional $633 million investment. A key facility in Samarkand is scheduled to begin operations in early 2027, with a daily processing capacity of up to 1,500 tons and an annual electricity generation target of 240 million kilowatt-hours. Bishkek, the capital of neighboring Kyrgyzstan, was the first in Central Asia to establish a waste-to-energy plant, offering a model studied by Belarus and Tajikistan.