Rivers.Help! – Rivers and Dams in Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan

Parallel reconstruction of two hydroelectric units will be carried out at the Uch-Kurgan HPP

January 29, 2026

Kyrgyzstan continues to implement a large-scale program to upgrade the country's generating capacities. In pursuance of the instruction of the...

The production of small hydropower plants in Kyrgyzstan is planned to increase to a billion kilowatt-hours

January 28, 2026

In the completed 2025, the hydropower sector of Kyrgyzstan demonstrated the expansion of generating capacities through the commissioning of small...

The State Development Bank of Kyrgyzstan will provide financing for the Kulanak HPP project

January 27, 2026

The State Development Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic has signed an agreement on financing the construction of the Kulanak hydroelectric...

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

January 27, 2026

Negotiations between the head of the Department Taalaibek Ibraev and the World Bank Regional Director for Central Asia Naji Benhassin...

A new cascade of hydroelectric power stations with a capacity of 200 MW will appear on the Tar River in Kyrgyzstan

January 26, 2026

A new major investment project aimed at the development of hydrogenating capacities in the southern regions of the country has...

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Overhauls Water Infrastructure to Address Scarcity

January 31, 2026January 31, 2026

Kazakhstan’s Aktobe Region to Overhaul Water Infrastructure

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

Concrete instead of nature: projects of new HPPs in Kazakhstan cause criticism of environmentalists

January 25, 2026January 30, 2026

Tajikistan

International donors start financing the Rogun Dam project

January 29, 2026

The Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan Daler Juma announced the entry into force of a number of...

Tajikistan will send reserves of the National Bank for the construction of the Rogun Dam

January 28, 2026

Tajikistan will start Dam energy exports via CASA-1000 in 2027

January 23, 2026

UAE investors plan to build small Dams in Tajikistan

January 16, 2026

The country does not have enough water Dams: Tajikistan has started importing electricity

January 15, 2026

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Explores Hydropower Projects with Turkish Firm Limak

January 31, 2026January 31, 2026

On January 29, Uzbekistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, Jamshid Kuchkarov, held a working meeting with Sezai Bacaksız, founder of the Turkish holding company Limak. The...

Energy production at the hydroelectric power station of Uzbekistan has decreased due to water scarcity

January 14, 2026

The Minister of Energy of Uzbekistan, Zhurabek Mirzamakhmudov, during a speech in the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, announced a decrease in the volume of electricity generation at the...

Hydroelectric power plants of Uzbekistan increased production by 15% despite low water

January 14, 2026

The joint-stock company "Uzbekhydroenergo" summed up the preliminary results of production activities for the outgoing year 2025. Despite the difficult hydrological conditions and natural limitations, the company managed to achieve...

HPPs of Uzbekistan increased production by 15% despite low water

January 6, 2026January 9, 2026

The joint-stock company "Uzbekhydroenergo" summed up the preliminary results of production activities for the outgoing year 2025. Despite the difficult hydrological conditions and natural limitations, the company managed to achieve...

Energy production at HPPs of Uzbekistan has decreased due to water scarcity

December 24, 2025December 28, 2025

The Minister of Energy of Uzbekistan, Zhurabek Mirzamakhmudov, during a speech in the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, announced a decrease in the volume of electricity generation at the...

Afghanistan

Russia, Afghanistan in Talks on Small Hydropower Projects

February 2, 2026February 3, 2026

The Taliban is digging a massive canal and rebuilding a giant tunnel in Afghanistan

January 7, 2026January 9, 2026