Uzbekistan to Launch Solar Energy Subsidies in Key Regions by Early 2025

According to the State Tax Committee of Uzbekistan, a total of 12,746 individuals received subsidies amounting to 8.147 billion sums ($710,000) from the State Budget in the first quarter of 2025 for the solar energy they produced and supplied to the national power grid, The Caspian Post reports citing Trend.

The cream of the crop for subsidy payments went to the Khorezm region, raking in 2.6 billion sums, or $224,000. Hot on its heels was the Republic of Karakalpakstan, pocketing 1.1 billion sums, or $95,000, while the city of Tashkent wasn't left in the dust with its share of 585 million sums, or $50,000.

Under the Solar House program, which has been operational since April 1, 2023, the government offers a subsidy of 1,000 sums ($0.09) for every kilowatt-hour of electricity produced by private solar panels and fed into the grid beyond the owner's personal consumption.

Earlier it was reported that Uzbekistan welcomed over 1 mln foreign tourists in a month for the first time.