Life in exchange for kilowatts: Rogun Dam and resettlement from the flood zone
The international coalition Rogun Alert published today an analysis of plans to relocate people from the flood zone of the Rogun Dam in Tajikistan, calling...
Dam Modernization and Digital networks: Tajikistan’s New Energy Strategy
The Government of Tajikistan has approved a strategic document – a program for the development of the electric power sector for 2026-2030. The initiative, previously...
Dear sams: the dispute with RusHydro froze the project of the Verkhne-Naryn cascade of the hydroelectric power station
The construction of the Upper Naryn cascade HPP, one of the most ambitious hydropower projects in Kyrgyzstan, remains frozen indefinitely. Yesterday, the country's President Sadyr...
Hydroelectric power stations and reservoirs accelerate the drying up of Kazakhstan’s rivers
River flow in Kazakhstan has decreased by almost a third, as evidenced by the latest World Bank report. Experts in the comments for the TV...
Energy production at the hydroelectric power station of Uzbekistan has decreased due to water scarcity
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...
The lands of the forestry districts of Issyk-Kul and the south of Kyrgyzstan will be used for small hydroelectric power plants
The Green Energy Fund under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic announced a tender for the right to receive land plots for the...
Transboundary pollution of the Ili River threatens the ecosystem of Balkhash
Environmental safety of Kazakhstan is inextricably linked with the condition of waterways, among which the transboundary Ili River occupies a special place. Being the main...
Hydroelectric power plants of Uzbekistan increased production by 15% despite low water
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,...
Installation of turbines has been completed at the Orto-Tokoyskaya HPP under construction in Kyrgyzstan
The construction of the Orto-Tokoyskaya HPP, with a design capacity of 21 MW, has reached the final stage. According to official data of the Ministry...
Environmentalists: hydroelectric plant on the Irtysh threatens to turn the river into a blooming swamp
The construction of the Krasnogorsk hydroelectric complex on the transboundary Irtysh River, which began near Omsk back in 2011, is still the subject of acute...