Statement of Purpose

Statement of Purpose
I was born in the family of engineers. My grandfather was a mechanical engineer in the
town. Currently, my father is Professor in Thermal Power Engineering and Nuclear Power
Plants. Since my childhood, my family has been motivating me to move forward and to find the
right path in life, especially my father. I always dream of being like my father. These factors
have made me reach more academic achievements and do the best for the improvement of my
society. I mastered the following subjects with high interest: CAD/CAM/CAE, Renewable
Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Sciences, Energy Economics and Policy, Combined Cycle
Power Plants and Energy Efficiency.
Since August of 2019, I am working in project “Development of complex scientific and
technical solutions to diversify the fuel balance for the medium and long term of the energy
sector of Uzbekistan”. This project helped me to understand the issues in energy sector in
Uzbekistan and what could be solutions for them. Further, in 2019 I joined another project
which was funded by the Ministry of Education and Research of Germany and Ministry of
Innovation of Uzbekistan. Germany-Uzbekistan joint project “Improving the efficiency of
combined-cycle thermal power plants using solar energy in Uzbekistan” (SOLCCGT). This project
is organized by the initiatives of professors of Duisburg-Essen University (Germany) and
Tashkent State Technical University (Uzbekistan). These projects gave me an invaluable
opportunity to get closer to the world of research. I believe that the experience gained in these
two projects will play a key role in reaching new milestones in my future. Besides studies, I am
focused on scientific publications and articles too. Since 2019, I have published 4 articles and 2
data reports for REN21. I do believe that scientific research is the fundamental key to practical
success.
Activity in academic and social life very quickly began to show its achievements. In June
of the 2019 year, I was awarded “The Nippon Foundation Japan Central Asia Friendship
Association Scholarship Program” which was organized by “The Nippon Foundation” (Japan).
The scholarship was given to the only 5 students of Uzbekistan. In July of 2020, I was awarded
with scholarship and chosen for “Young Professionals Internship Program” which was organized
by American Councils for International Education. However, these are not the peak of my
awards. As I am active person in life, I do love sport. Especially, football, table tennis, swimming
and running. Sport helps me to be balanced in life while having mass of mental labor.
Currently, my country is producing 60 billion kW/hour energy and only 15% of it is taken
from renewable resources. However, Uzbekistan is planning to set up 9 PV solar stations till
2030, with capacity of 100 MW each. In 2030, energy producing reaches to 120 billion kW/hour
and renewable is expected to be 25% of whole. My main question will be: what issues should
be tackled in order to provide a decentralized energy system which allows sustainable energy in
Uzbekistan? Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan is facing lack of qualified staff and digitization of
system. Hopefully after my Master’s degree I will be working in the Ministry of Energy of
Uzbekistan.
Abdulaziz Murtozaev