Uzbekistan's Solar Capacity Surges 86% to 5,934 MW

Uzbekistan's installed solar power capacity reached 5,934 MW in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 86.1%. The figures are cited in Eni's World Energy Review 2026, based on 2025 data from the oil and gas company.

The growth has been steep: solar capacity was 1 MW in 2015, 40 MW by 2021, then accelerated sharply—204 MW in 2022, 867 MW in 2023, 3,188 MW in 2024. By comparison, Kazakhstan's solar capacity in 2025 stood at 1,325 MW—more than four times lower than Uzbekistan's figure.

Wind power generation also showed sharp growth: installed capacity reached 1,652 MW compared to 501 MW the previous year. From 2019 to 2023, this figure remained flat at 1 MW.

In the gas sector, production rose 2.4% to 40.16 billion cubic meters, but remains substantially below 2015 levels (46.55 billion) and 2019 levels (51.76 billion). Natural gas consumption totaled 54.32 billion cubic meters, of which 19.88 billion came from imports. Gas imports, absent in 2019–2020, grew to 19.88 billion cubic meters in 2024 and remained at the same level in 2025.

Gas reserves at end-2025 are estimated at 846 billion cubic meters—at current extraction rates this would last 21 years. Oil production reached 81,000 barrels per day. Uzbekistan's economy grew 7.7%, with GDP at 2015 prices reaching $152.4 billion.