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Tajikistan

 

 

Country Profile

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About 98 percent of Tajikistan’s electric supply is provided by hydroelectric sources.  The government plans to meet the future electricity needs through further hydropower development.

 

The most promising areas for wind energy development are the Pamirs northward, the Sarez Lake in the Gorno-Badakshan, Turkmenistan ridge in the Zeravshan river headwater, and the region from the Vakhsh ridge to the boundary with Afghanistan.  The mid term potential is estimated at 1,000 MW, but its utilization is complicated by difficult terrain. 

 

Tajikistan has the highest solar insolation values of all the 27 EBRD countries.  Solar radiation is high in the mountainous regions of Tajikistan where there is also a need for power among remote communities. 

 

At this time, the unstable economy has not attracted foreign investment necessary to develop renewable power projects.  Specific barriers to development include low tariffs for electric power, absence of legislative support, lack of financing for new technologies, lack of awareness of renewable energy sources by the population, and an unstable political situation in the country.

 

 

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Latest Developments


TitleSummarypubDate
First Unit of Tajik Hydro Plant Commissioned
Russia's electricity monopoly Unified Energy System (UES) commissioned on Sunday the first unit of a major hydropower plant it is building in Tajikistan.
The construction of the Sangtuda-1 hydropower plant located some 110 km (68 miles) southeast of Dushanbe began in the late 1980s.
20-Jan-08
Hydro Construction in Tajikistan Dushanbe Visited
Iran's Energy Minister, his accompanying delegation, and Tajik officials on Friday visited construction process of Sang-Toudeh 2 Hydro-Power Plant, being constructed by Iran in southern part of Tajikistan. A Russian engineering firm is commissioned to Construct Tajikistan's Sang-Toudeh 1 Hydro-Power Plant at a spot near to Sang-Toudeh 2.
09-Nov-07
Tajikistan Hydro Plant Funding
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev said Kazakhstan's sustainable-development fund, Kaznya, is ready to finance the construction of the Nurobod hydroelectric power plant in northern Tajikistan.
13-Sep-07
Russian Hydro Turbine Manufacturing
Russian turbine-generator manufacturer Power Machines has despatched the sixth, and last, unit to the 2GW Bureiskaya hydro plant under construction in the country. Elsewhere, Power Machines has supplied the runner for the first unit at the 670MW Sangtuda I plant in Tadjikistan.
10-Aug-07
Tajikistan, Afghanistan to Build Hydropower Plant
 (Interfax) - Afghanistan and Tajikistan will build a 1,000-megawatt hydro-power plant jointly on the river Pyandzh, the press service of Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon announced on Saturday.
04-Aug-07
Foreign Investment Sought for Eighty Hydro Power Plants in Tajikistan
Tajikistan intends to build dozens of hydroelectric plants and attract up to US$1 billion (€735 million) in foreign investment in the next three years to develop the ex-Soviet republic's huge hydropower potential, President Emomali Rakhmon said recently.
30-Apr-07
Tajikistan Hydro Project May Go to International Tender

DUSHANBE, April 20 (RIA Novosti) - Tajikistan may cancel a deal with Russian aluminum giant RusAl to build a hydro power plant in its southeast, a board member of the Russian electricity monopoly, also interested in the project, said Friday.
20-Apr-07
Biomass Co-firing in Europe - Conference
On behalf of the Integrated European Network for Biomass Co-firing (NETBIOCOF), you are invited to join us at the International Conference in Biomass Co-firing in Europe. This event will be held on July 2-4, 2007 in Budapest, Hungary.
 
28-Mar-07
Tajikistan Hydro Project Awarded
Iranian company, Farab has won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a 4000 MW hydro power plant in Tajikistan. The project was commissioned three months ago and is scheduled for completion in 2011.
01-Mar-07
Chinese To Build Tajik Hydroelectric Plant
China's Sinohydro Corporation has been awarded a contract to build a large hydroelectric plant in northern Tajikistan.
18-Jan-07
Russian Aluminum Company, Rusal, Continues Work on Rogun Hydro
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan A top Tajik energy official said Tuesday that Russian aluminum giant OAO Rusal is continuing work to complete the Rogun hydropower plant, but added that other investors may be invited to join the project.
31-Oct-06
Kyrgystan Hydro Power Tranmission Memorandum
BISHKEK. The governments of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan have inked a memorandum on the energy market development in these countries, Kazakhstan Today correspondent reports citing the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism of Kyrgyzstan. It is expected that the memorandum will allow Kyrgyzstan to improve the economic attractiveness of projects of construction of hydropower stations Kambarata-1 and -2, Upper Naryn and Sary-Djyzak hydropower cascades.
30-Oct-06
Tajikistan to Finish Hydro Project
Tajikistan will renew construction of the Rogun hydro power plant, next year, says Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov.
27-Oct-06
Russia Signs To Develop Tajik and Kyrgyz Hydro
Russia is taking effective steps to develop power generation in Central Asia. It has signed an agreement to complete the construction of the Sangtudinskaya hydropower plant, is preparing a similar one on the Rogunskaya hydropower plant in Tajikistan and another one on the construction of the Kambaratinskaya hydropower plant in Kyrgyzstan. Another important issue is the creation of a power grid to transfer excessive electricity produced by Tajik and Kyrgyz power plants to Central and South Asia.
20-Sep-06
Russian Leader Encourages Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Hydro
At a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), where an "SCO Energy Club" is being planned, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov spoke of the need to build new gas transit corridors in Central Asia and to develop the hydroelectric potential in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and export some of that energy to different regions of Central and South Asia.
15-Sep-06

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 Projects
Project TitleTechnologyCapacity MWStatusSponsor
Hydro at Dashtidzhum on the Pyandzh RiverHydroelectric4,000
planned
Pyandzh River HydroHydroelectric1,000
planned
Rogun Tajikistan Hydro ProjectHydroelectric2,400
planned
Tajikistan HydroHydroelectric
planned
Tajikistan Hydro PlantHydroelectric
planned
ADB HydroHydroelectricNA
Planned
Asian Development Bank
Ragunskaya HydroHydroelectricNA
Planned
Bazovy Element
AndarbakHydroelectric0.25
Construction
EmtsHydroelectric0.1
Construction
LangarHydroelectric0.06
Construction
Pamir-2Hydroelectric14
Construction
ShkevHydroelectric0.075
Construction
YamchunHydroelectric0.15
Construction
BaipazaHydroelectric600
Operating
GolovnayaHydroelectric210
Operating

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