ANCE is providing free renewable energy to the inhabitants of Kamar village in the Kashkadarya Province of Uzbekistan, to improve the living standards of the population and create income generating opportunities. More specifically, 1 micro wind power plant, 1 micro hydro power plant, 22 photovoltaic panels, 2 solar heaters and 10 biogas plants will provide free energy to the low-income families of the village and create 25 new working places.
The benefits of the project “Creation of new jobs and improvement of living conditions through the establishment of a rural co-operative and the supply of renewable energy” which is being implemented by ANCE and the Association of Farmers of Uzbekistan with the co-financing of the European Commission (Institution Building Partnership Programme), for the local community, were presented at the 1st information day of the project that took place in Kamar village on the 27th of August 2009.

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