The Project focus on the rehabilitation of water systems, the introduction of household metering and the modernisation of operational and maintenance equipment. The investments are expected to significantly improve access to clean water, reduce water losses, improve resilience to climate change and optimise operating costs for the Isfana water company.
The project is to finance the construction and operation of a pilot wind project with 500 MW installed capacity located in the Tamdy District of Uzbekistan. This will be one of the first wind projects in Uzbekistan and one of the largest renewable energy projects in Central Asia.
It will contribute to the strategic priority of the government of Uzbekistan to increase the share of renewable projects in the national energy mix. It will contribute to the mitigation of climate impact by adding 500 MW of wind generation capacity to the national energy system and will assist the country in its low-carbon transition drive.
The Project is expected to increase the number of people connected to the water and wastewater network by around 200,000 people, reduce water losses, enhance energy efficiency and quality of wastewater treatment.
Project Implementation Plan includes construction of new water intakes and renewal of pumping stations, water and wastewater treatment facilities, and the installation of household and bulk meters. These components are aimed at improving water quality, access to safe drinking water and wastewater treatment services.
The joint initiative with UNDRR aims to build disaster and climate resilience in Central Asia. The Action specific objective is to increase use of risk and disaster data in decision and policy making. Thus, the Result area is focused on: building the foundations for greater resilience in Central Asia through data, capacity, governance and cooperation at regional, national and local level. It will support the Almaty-based Centre Centre for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction.
This fund provides grants to civil society organizations to conduct conservation projects in areas of high biological diversity.
1: Bringing together industry, politics, science and stakeholders from CA and the EU to develop visionary SHP solutions for a climate resilient and sustainable future of Central Asia
2: Demonstration and assessment of two sustainable, innovative European small-scale hydropower technologies (FCPS and HSPS) in CA
3: Optimizing the sustainability impact of small hydropower plants (SHP) through a more holistic approach by focusing on long-term solutions in a climate-sensitive, transboundary Water-Food-Energy-Climate nexus context
4: Implementation of a GIS-based decision support system covering all CA countries to explore unexploited SHP potential and determine site-specific hydropower plant sustainability
5: Development of a scalable water accounting system to manage water resources in a sustainable way and to share energy and agriculture benefits in a climate-sensitive manner under the Water-Food-Energy-Climate nexus context in Central Asia, thus contributing to regional cooperation
6: Supporting the competitiveness and sustainable market uptake of European small hydropower technologies in Central Asia and globally 7: Enhancing problem awareness and objectiveness of policy makers and implementers, NGOs and the public
Project promotes EU best practice for addressing water challenges. It contributes to strengthening the dialogue among the government agencies, academia, international community, civil society and business structures in CA on water issues and the formation of joint solutions for sustainable development of the region. It has set up a Water Statekholders Platform that acts as an information exchange scentre.
This is the first dedicated and sizeable programme in years to focus on sustainable energy in Central Asia (covering both renewable energy and energy efficiency) through a regional approach. It will naturally be in line with EU best practices and priorities, not least the Green Deal’s iterations.
The programme will have a range of activities that will work towards achieving concrete outputs to strengthen public capacity (institutional, human and regulatory, financial), raise awareness, improve data and modelling, improve the identification of bankable projects, and boost regional cooperation thereby paving the way for sustainable connectivity. To be implemented by 1 service contractor (possibly leading a consortium of consultancies). The programme follows the EU4Energy Programme (2016 – 2020).
Supports the elaboration and implementation of evidence-based energy policies in Eastern Partnership and Central Asian countries, based on improved use of statistics and sharing of best practice and EU experience. It is being implemented by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Energy Community Secretariat, and the Energy Charter Secretariat (total budget 19.3 MEUR). Central Asia benefits from activites under the components on data, policy and WebPortal, all implemented by the IEA (total 12.1 MEUR for EiP + CA). EU4Energy Phase 2 to be launched by DG NEAR in 2020/2021 in the EaP countries, whereas the EU Support to Sustainable Energy Connectivity in Central Asia (SECCA) will continue and accelerate the good work done in Central Asia, this time enlarging the focus on strengthening public capacity, awareness raising, data and modelling, and identification of investments.
The development objective of the Modernization and Upgrade of Transmission Substations Project for Uzbekistan is to improve the technical efficiency and reliability of the power transmission networks in Uzbekistan. The project comprises of two components. The first component, electricity transmission system upgrade will support rehabilitation, upgrade, and expansion of existing substations of 220 kV and higher voltage in Uzbekistan’s national grid. It consists of two sub-components: (i) rehabilitation and upgrade of transmission substations; and (ii) emergency outage management systems. The second component, institutional development and technical assistance will cover activities designed to support institutional development of the Uzbekenergo Joint Stock Company (UE), including but not limited to, corporate governance enhancement of the UE; International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) transition support and audits; key sector studies for further development of the energy sector; and capacity building and training. It consists of three sub-components: (i) UE international financial reporting standards (IFRS) transition support and corporate governance enhancement; (ii) key sector studies; and (iii) capacity development of sector entities.
