A new protocol on the operation of the Sangtudinskaya Dam-1 has been signed

Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan Daler Dzhumaa and Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Sergey Tsivilev signed a protocol on amendments and additions to the agreement between the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Government of the Russian Federation on cooperation in the operation of the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power station dated July 30, 2009.

According to the press center of the Ministry of Energy of Tajikistan, the document was signed in Moscow as part of the working visit of Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kohir Rasulzoda to the Russian Federation. “The document regulates a number of important issues related to the activities of the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power station,” the press center said.

Open Joint Stock Company Sangtudinskaya Dam-1 is a joint venture between Russia and Tajikistan, was established on February 16, 2005 with the aim of completing the construction and further operation of a hydroelectric power station on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan.

The share of Russian companies in the authorized capital of Sangtudinskaya Dam-1 is 75% minus 1 share, the share of Tajikistan is 25% plus 1 share.

The first hydroelectric unit of the Dam was commissioned in January 2008. Sangtuda-1 Dam with a design capacity of 670 MW, including 4 hydroelectric units (each with a capacity of 167.5 MW), is one of the largest operating hydroelectric power plants and provides about 12% of the total electricity production in the country.

The station is located in the Dangara district of the Khatlon region, 110 km south of the capital of the republic — Dushanbe. It is part of the zone of the South Tajik territorial production complex with centers in the cities of Kurgan-Tube and Dangara.