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Kyrgyzstan

Karakul hydroelectric power station in Kyrgyzstan is planned to be launched by the end of the year

September 30, 2025

The construction of the Karakul HPP in Kyrgyzstan has reached the final stage. According to the open joint-stock company "Chakan...

Kambar-Ata-1: a new round of HPP negotiations was held in Brussels

September 28, 2025

On September 25-26, 2025, the third round of ministerial negotiations on the Kambar-Ata HPP-1 construction project on the Naryn River...

Japan invests in the construction of a small hydroelectric power station on the Chon-Kemin River

September 20, 2025

Prospects for Kyrgyz-Japanese cooperation in the energy sector were discussed in Tokyo. The key topic of negotiations between the Minister...

EDB will support the preparation of feasibility studies for two cascades of HPPs in Kyrgyzstan

September 19, 2025

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) and ORTA ASYA Investment Holding have announced the start of a strategic partnership. The parties...

Japan was invited to the construction of the Kambar-Ata HPP-1

September 19, 2025

Kyrgyzstan and Japan are discussing the expansion of cooperation in the energy sector. During the meeting of the Minister of...

Kazakhstan

The EBRD is ready to finance the construction of the Kambar-Ata HPP-1

October 2, 2025

A controversial financing scheme for the first HPP is being discussed in Kazakhstan

October 1, 2025

The projects of the HPP on the Koksu River threaten the graves of the batyrs

September 25, 2025

Tajikistan

The construction of Dams in Central Asia is complicated by tectonic faults

September 29, 2025

In Central Asia, the number of power plants that do not saturate the atmosphere with carbon dioxide emissions is growing...

The transfer of burials from the flood zone of the Rogun reservoir has begun

September 20, 2025

Environmentalists demand that the hearings on the Rogun Dam be declared invalid

September 15, 2025

The cost of the Rogun Dam is approaching the annual GDP of Tajikistan

September 8, 2025

AIIB increased funding for Rogun Dam by $70 million

September 2, 2025September 7, 2025

Uzbekistan

The first hydroelectric power station from the cascade was put into operation on the Naryn River

September 17, 2025

The first power facility of the Naryn cascade of hydroelectric power plants has been commissioned in the Namangan region of Uzbekistan. The start of the construction of new power plants...

A small hydroelectric power station on the Damarik canal was launched in the Tashkent region

September 13, 2025

A small hydroelectric power station has been commissioned on the Damarik canal in the Zangiata district of the Tashkent region. The capacity of the launched facility, which is the first...

A new HPP worth 500 million euros is being built in Uzbekistan

September 6, 2025September 7, 2025

A new hydroelectric power station is being built in the Sharaf-Rashidovsky district of the Jizzakh region of Uzbekistan. CENERGOO is engaged in the implementation of the investment project. The main...

Construction of power lines for a cascade of new HPPs begins in Uzbekistan

September 4, 2025September 7, 2025

In the Kashkadarya region of Uzbekistan, a key stage of the project for the construction of a cascade of small hydroelectric power stations on the Aksu River has been launched...

Tupalanga Energy: new Zarchob-3 HPP launched in Uzbekistan

September 3, 2025September 7, 2025

The successful launch of the new Zarchob-3 hydroelectric power station located on the Tupalang River took place in Uzbekistan. According to the Dongfang Electric Corporation, the station has already been...

Afghanistan

The Channel of Discord: how the Taliban project threatens Central Asia with drought

September 29, 2025

Qosh-Tepa Canal and the paradox of Central Asia’s water Policy

September 12, 2025