Central Asia

Uzbekistan Inaugurates First Utility-Scale Solar and Battery Project with Masdar

By Dana Omirgazy  on 9 December 2025

ASTANA — Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev inaugurated the Nur Bukhara project, the country’s first utility-scale integrated solar and battery project, developed by Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, on Dec. 8 in Tashkent. Mirziyoyev also formally broke ground on Masdar’s 300-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) and 75-megawatt...