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New solar and wind power plants will be built in Armenia by 2040. Karen Asatryan - Director of the Renewable Energy and Energy Saving Fund of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Armenia said this at a press conference.

ACWA Power from Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan on May 3 signed an Agreement on the implementation of a project for the construction of a wind farm with a capacity of 1500 MW in Karakalpakstan.

The Ministry of Energy of Russia has examined the results of the 2020-2021 heating season by the entities of the electric power industry as well as housing and public utility sector.

For the first quarter of 2021, Turkmenistan increased its electricity exports by 2.1 times compared to the same period last year.

For January-March of this year, electricity production in Azerbaijan amounted to 6,924.9 million kWh.

In the first quarter of this year, Tajikistan increased the volume of electricity supplies to neighboring countries by almost 43% compared to the same period in 2020.

On April 14, 2021, a regular meeting of the Commission on Economic Issues (CEI) Plan of Priority Measures for the Implementation of the Cooperation Concept of the CIS Member States in the Use of Renewable Energy Sources, approved by the Decision of the Council of CIS Heads of Governments of November 20, 2013, shows that the CIS member states are working to increase the share of alternative energy in national energy balances . In the period 2010–2020, in the CIS member states, there has been a positive trend in the installed capacity of renewable energy sources (RES), including hydroelectric power plants, onshore wind and solar energy facilities.

The government of the Russian Federation is working on a strategy called "New Energy" aimed at solving the problems of the climate agenda and reducing CO2 emissions by the Russian fuel and energy complex (FEC), Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak said at the final meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Energy, noting the need for an integrated approach in the development of this strategy.

A resolution of the President of April 9, 2021 "On measures for the development of renewable and hydrogen energy in the Republic of Uzbekistan" was adopted.

The Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation has published the Energy Bulletin (March 2021) "Challenges of Energy Regulation".