12,746 Uzbeks received subsidies for power generated by their solar panels delivered to the national power grid in Q1 of this year, the Tax Committee said in a report.
Total payments under the Solar Home program topped 8.147 billion UZS, with more than two-thirds of that sum — 5.65 billion UZS — disbursed in March alone. Altogether, 22,200 subsidy transactions were recorded.
Residents of Khorezm province account for largest share of payments. In just three months, they earned 2.67 billion UZS — nearly matching the total they received for the entire year of 2024 (2.8 billion UZS). Around 2 billion UZS of the total was paid out in March.
Karakalpakstan ranked second with 1.07 billion UZS in subsidies (774 million UZS in March), followed by Bukhara province on 693 million UZS (454 million UZS in March). While Tashkent residents received 585 million UZS over the quarter, while those in Tashkent province received 497 million UZS.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced the subsidy program for households installing solar panels in February 2023. Payments are transferred to the owner’s bank card via the Soliq app before the 25th day of the next month.
In August of the same year, the president ordered waiving solar panel components from import duties and VAT — a move aimed at level playing between local manufacturers and importers.
According to the Ministry of Energy, in Q1, small-scale solar panels with a total capacity of 197.9 MW were installed at 10,117 sites across Uzbekistan. Of this, households accounted for 56 MW. The new installations generated over 60 million kWh of electricity.
