On 12 November 2025, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) brought together professors across Central Asia to discuss the development of a new regional university course “Integration of Variable Renewable Energy (vRE) into Power Systems in Central Asia.”
The new course aims to strengthen technical universities’ capacity in the region to train specialists who can address the key challenges of integrating renewable energy into power systems. Participants included professors and experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, as well as Europe.
Experts discussed the course vision, division of responsibilities, and how to ensure the relevance of the content for all pilot universities. The course will consist of modules, lectures and practical or laboratory sessions, with a strong focus on real-world application and digital learning tools.
Experts from the pilot technical universities – Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications named after Gumarbek Daukeyev and Satbayev University (Kazakhstan), Kyrgyz State Technical University named after I.Razzakov (Kyrgyz Republic), Institute of Energy of Tajikistan (Tajikistan), Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam Karimov (Uzbekistan) – discussed the possible content and structure of the new academic course. The university representatives highlighted the importance of including topics such as digitalization of power systems, grid stability with increasing shares of renewables, software tools for system modeling, energy storage, and power system operation. They also emphasized the need for practical and laboratory sessions, including virtual formats, to ensure accessibility for all pilot universities.
The participants expressed their readiness to jointly develop the course and agreed on the next steps to proceed with the preparation of teaching materials and pilot implementation in spring 2026.
The meeting was organized within the framework of the OSCE Regional Task Force on Education for a Just and Inclusive Energy Transition (RTEET) in Central Asia, implemented in partnership with CAREC, as part of the OSCE project “Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Energy Sector in Central Asia”.
Contacts:
Emomali Mirzoev
Project Officer, OSCE
Emomali.Mirzoev@osce.org
Valeriya Orlova
Education for Sustainable Development Program Manager, Project Manager and Officer, CAREC
vorlova@carececo.org
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