TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, May 10. In the first
quarter of 2025, a total of 12,746 individuals received subsidies
from the State Budget amounting to 8.147 billion sums ($710,000)
for solar energy produced and supplied to the national power grid,
Trend reports,
citing the State Tax Committee of Uzbekistan.
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.
