The National Committee for Ecology and Climate Change said on 12 October 2026 that it is reviewing proposals to move greenhouse farms in the capital region to environmentally clean heating. Greenhouses would be allowed to keep working on condition that they switch to “green” technologies.
Residents of Tashkent’s Yunusobod district had complained of unpleasant smells and worse air from coal-heated greenhouses. The complaints were checked on site and air samples were taken. A special commission is working on measures to reduce the effect of greenhouses, industry, transport and heating systems on the capital’s air.
The proposals would move greenhouses to gas, electricity, solar and geothermal energy and other clean heat sources. Where that is not possible, farms are asking to keep burning coal if they install certified boilers, cleaning filters and online monitoring. An interagency working group reviewed the proposals, but in measurements on 30 September and 8 October the filter sample presented did not bring emissions down to the required limit. The tests will be repeated once the filter is improved.
Subsidies and tax breaks are planned for farms that become “green” greenhouses. The ban on greenhouses without environmentally safe heating stays in place.
Why it matters
Geothermal energy is named among the clean heat sources for greenhouses near Tashkent, where complaints about air quality are driving the change.
