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TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN ENERGY IN THE 
TRANSITION TO A DIGITAL ECONOMY 
 
Niyazmetova Y.B. 
–
 PhD student of
Tashkent State University of Economics
The energy issues of the future have always worried experts, because one of the 
main fundamental factors for the successful existence and development of mankind is 
energy supply. The difficult energy situation in the world today is exacerbated by the 
growth of energy consumption, the limited reserves of the main traditional fossil 
energy resources, the increase in their cost, the increase in environmental requirements 
for all technologies and requires radical measures to improve the global energy 
industry. 
Digitalization is becoming absolutely necessary in the energy sector. Because the 
speed of energy processes, the large amount of information and the constant 
complication of the energy system determine the widespread use of information 
technology in operational and dispatch management and are key to the use of numbers 
in energy process management. 
Improvement of energy supply technologies, search for new energy resources, 
development of modern renewable energy technologies (new renewable energy power 
engineering - NREE) - ways to solve problems of energy supply, energy saving and 
energy security of the world. 

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Modern renewable energy includes high-tech industries using biomass; 
hydropower; geothermal, wind, solar, tidal, wave installations. The development of 
NREE is justified by their advantages and the need to modernize the energy industry: 
1) unlimited reserves of renewable energy resources; 
2) Preservation of limited fossil fuel reserves and diversification of fuel and 
energy balance 
3) development of new high technologies; 
4) increase of ecological safety of energy technologies; 
5) increase of power and economic efficiency of energetics 
6) creating new directions in science related to evaluating the use of energy 
resources and renewable energy equipment 
7) creation of new modern jobs in the energy and related industries.
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One of the most important conditions for the development of modern Uzbekistan 
is the country's economic stability, which depends in no small part on achieving energy 
security. A strong energy policy provides a basis for increasing the competitiveness of 
the national economy. In this regard, implementation of structural transformations, 
modernization and diversification processes in such a leading sector of the economy as 
fuel and energy is currently underway. 
An important step in this direction was the creation of the Ministry of Energy of 
the Republic of Uzbekistan, formed in accordance with the Decree of the President of 
the country from 01.02.2019 
№ 
- 5646 «On measures to radically improve the 
management system of the fuel and energy sector of the Republic of Uzbekistan». The 
Ministry of Energy is entrusted with the function of the authorized body to implement 
a unified state policy on the use of renewable energy sources (RES).
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Also, the Laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan «On the Use of Renewable Energy 
Sources» and «On Public-Private Partnership» were adopted, which create a legal and 
regulatory framework to accelerate the implementation of RES projects.
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The development of RES in Uzbekistan will proceed at a fast pace. The state has 
set a goal to increase the share of renewable energy sources in the total volume of 
electricity production to 25% by 2030, today this figure is 10%. To achieve these 
results, the Ministry of Energy is taking active measures to implement major renewable 
energy projects. 
In 10 years, it is planned to build photovoltaic solar power plants (SPPs) with a 
total capacity of 5000 MW and wind power plants with a total capacity of 3000 MW. 
For this purpose the Ministry of Energy with the assistance of the World Bank, Asian 
Development Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is 
currently implementing a set of measures for competitive selection of investors for 
implementation of these projects, which will be implemented through foreign direct 
investment. 
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Digital Energy: A New Paradigm of Functioning and Development. Under the editorship of Prof. N.D. Rogalyov. 
Moscow, 2019. 
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Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh.M. Mirziyoyev dated 01.02.2019, № 
- 5646 "On measures to 
radically improve the management system of the fuel and energy sector of the Republic of Uzbekistan". lex.uz 
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Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On the Use of Renewable Energy Sources" № 
- 539 21.05.2019. lex.uz 
Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Public-
Private Partnership" № 
-537 10.05.2019. lex.uz

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Two photovoltaic (solar) power plants of 100 MW each are planned to be 
commissioned in Uzbekistan by the end of 2021. In this direction, the Ministry of 
Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan with the participation of the International 
Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is implementing the 
project «Scaling solar II» for the construction of photovoltaic (solar) power plants on 
the basis of public-private partnership program. IFC has been engaged as a leading 
consultant to assist in the structuring and tendering of solar energy projects. 
The use of digital technologies allows us to look into the future by creating 
effective virtual models of the energy industry of the future and the corresponding 
computer programs. It can be noted that the widespread and active introduction of 
digital technologies in renewable energy will eliminate barriers to the development of 
different countries and technologies; ensure monitoring of all works and processes and 
feedback; exchange data; create professional clusters in areas of renewable energy; 
make development forecasts, as well as improve the quality of operational 
management.
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Another important project is being implemented at an accelerated pace in the 
country - «Introduction of Automated Metering and Control System for Electricity». 
In particular, by the end of 2020 it is planned to connect more than 7 million consumers 
to the Automated System of Electricity Control and Metering. In accordance with this 
task, as of May 15, 2020, 3 million 320 thousand modern electric meters were installed 
in the country. 
So, digital technologies play an important role in the development of the energy 
sector. Despite the fact that Uzbekistan has a huge potential in the field of renewable 
energy and can meet all the energy needs of the country only through renewable energy 
sources, there are some barriers to the full transition to this sector: the relatively high 
cost of electricity, which negatively affects its use, as well as low productivity. But at 
the same time, renewable energy sources are practically inexhaustible by nature itself 
or by human activity, and harmful emissions of such energy sources are minimal. They 
are available all over the world, they do not need long and expensive transportation. 
It should be emphasized that renewable energy is an element of a new «low-
carbon» (green) economic model of energy with less adverse impact on the 
environment. Its effectiveness will be more evident when strict global regulations of 
anthropogenic emissions for «conventional energy», which are still absent in most 
countries, will be introduced. This will create a new economic reality, in which 
renewable energy must become an integral and decisive element in our country. One 
of the keys to this is digitization using smart meters, which will help optimize the use 
of the electric grid.