Rogun Dam Study Ignores Key Risks, Threatens Regional Stability
The transboundary impact assessment for Tajikistan's Rogun Hydropower Plant (HPP) fails to meet World Bank environmental and social standards and contains fundamental shortcomings, according to...
Russia, Afghanistan in Talks on Small Hydropower Projects
Russian companies have initiated discussions with Afghan authorities to develop energy infrastructure, focusing on the potential construction of small hydroelectric power stations. Representatives from the...
Kazakhstan Overhauls Water Infrastructure to Address Scarcity
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation has initiated a project to reconstruct the Bartogai reservoir as part of a comprehensive plan for the water...
Uzbekistan Explores Hydropower Projects with Turkish Firm Limak
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...
Kazakhstan’s Aktobe Region to Overhaul Water Infrastructure
A comprehensive assessment and reconstruction of hydro-technical infrastructure is underway in the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan. Regional authorities have acknowledged that the construction and repair...
International donors start financing the Rogun Dam project
The Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan Daler Juma announced the entry into force of a number of agreements with international partners on...
Parallel reconstruction of two hydroelectric units will be carried out at the Uch-Kurgan HPP
Kyrgyzstan continues to implement a large-scale program to upgrade the country's generating capacities. In pursuance of the instruction of the Ministry of Energy of the...
The production of small hydropower plants in Kyrgyzstan is planned to increase to a billion kilowatt-hours
In the completed 2025, the hydropower sector of Kyrgyzstan demonstrated the expansion of generating capacities through the commissioning of small hydropower plants. According to official...
Tajikistan will send reserves of the National Bank for the construction of the Rogun Dam
The Lower House of the Parliament of Tajikistan has approved a bill allowing the use of funds from the reserve fund of the National Bank...
The State Development Bank of Kyrgyzstan will provide financing for the Kulanak HPP project
The State Development Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic has signed an agreement on financing the construction of the Kulanak hydroelectric power station. A new energy...