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Kyrgyzstan

The Ministry of Energy of Kyrgyzstan intends to weaken competition to hydropower

The Ministry of Energy of Kyrgyzstan has come up with an initiative that can radically change the landscape of renewable...

Rehabilitation of Kurpsai HPP: Kyrgyzstan seeks financing from ADB

During his visit to Manila, the Minister of Energy of the Kyrgyz Republic, Taalaibek Ibraev, presented to the Asian Development...

Kambar-Ata-1: there is funding, there is no environmental assessment

Major energy projects, including the long-suffering Kambar-Ata HPP-1, were again in the spotlight during the meeting of Kyrgyz Energy Minister...

How Russia helps Kyrgyzstan in the construction of hydroelectric power plants

There is a shortage of some building materials in the Kyrgyz Republic this spring. The authorities have recently been forced...

$138 million will be spent on the second unit of Kambar-Ata HPP-2.

$138 million will be spent on the construction of the second unit of the Kambar-Ata HPP-2. This was announced at...

Kazakhstan

When will the fish king return to the Irtysh?

Kazakhstan Plans Major Tentek Weir Reconstruction, New HPPs

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025

A new Water Code has come into force in Kazakhstan

Tajikistan

Tajikistan: hydropower on the background of melting glaciers

A high-level international conference dedicated to the acute problem of glacier conservation, exacerbated by rapid climate change, was held in...

Electricity generation at small dams has decreased in Tajikistan

May 25, 2025May 26, 2025

The first unit of the Sebzor Dam is promised to be launched in June 2025

The IDB is ready to increase financing for the construction of the Rogun Dam

CASA-1000: a technical code for the integration of power systems has been prepared

Uzbekistan

The fate of the Kashkadarya rivers: foreigners will build a network of small dams in the region

June 9, 2025June 11, 2025

The energy future of Kashkadarya region (Republic of Uzbekistan) can now be closely linked to hydropower due to the interest of Malaysian investors. The delegation of Nexus Green Resources arrived...

How dangerous is the destruction of the dam of the Charvak reservoir?

Charvak reservoir, located in the Tashkent region of Uzbekistan, is not just a large artificial reservoir. It plays an important role in the life of the region, providing water, electricity...

National project: Uzbekistan is building a cascade of hydroelectric power plants on Naryn

In the Namangan region of Uzbekistan, the implementation of a large–scale energy project is in full swing - the construction of a cascade of Naryn hydroelectric power stations. This ambitious...

It is planned to build another 40 microHPPs in the Tashkent region

May 29, 2025May 30, 2025

Of the lands located on the territory of cities and districts of the Tashkent region and not used in agriculture, 40 land plots with a total area of 6.59 hectares...

Construction of the Nizhne-Chatkalskaya HPP continues near Tashkent

May 26, 2025May 28, 2025

Uzbekistan continues to implement a large-scale program to increase the share of renewable energy sources in the national energy balance, where hydropower occupies one of the priority places. As part...

Afghanistan

Qosh-Tepa Canal: earthworks completed by 90 percent

Qosh-Tepa Canal in Afghanistan: the last nail in the coffin of the Aral Sea?