EBRD strategy and Rogun Dam: working in the shadow of a risky project
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has presented its new strategy for Tajikistan for 2025-2030, in which it outlined plans to support the...
A project for the reconstruction of the Gagarin dam is being prepared in Kostanay
Gagarin dam in Kostanay is in poor condition and requires reconstruction. This conclusion was made based on the results of a technical survey of a...
Construction of the Papan HPP water intake has begun in Osh region
Construction of a water intake facility for the Papan hydroelectric power station in the Osh region has begun in Kyrgyzstan. This project is part of...
The capacity of Toktogul HPP will grow by 20% after modernization
The completion of the large-scale modernization of the Toktogul HPP in Kyrgyzstan is scheduled for the end of November 2025. The total cost of the...
The Orto-Tokoy reservoir was drained for the construction of a hydroelectric power station
The Orto-Tokoy reservoir, located on the boundary of the Issyk-Kul and Naryn regions of Kyrgyzstan, has almost completely lost water. The footage taken by eyewitnesses...
The Tobol River is getting shallower: the region’s agriculture is under threat
Agrarians in Kostanay region of Kazakhstan faced serious difficulties in watering their fields due to a sharp drop in the water level in the Tobol...
The Kambar-Ata HPP-1 project may include the largest bank of Japan
The Ministry of Finance of Kyrgyzstan held talks with representatives of MUFG Bank, the largest commercial bank in Japan and one of the world's leading...
Kazakhstan is ready to purchase electricity from the Rogun HPP
The Ministers of Energy of Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, Yerlan Akkenzhenov and Daler Juma Shofakir, held talks in Astana. The meeting took place on the sidelines...
The EBRD is ready to finance the construction of the Kambar-Ata HPP-1
The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) discussed the prospects for joint work in the energy sector....
A controversial financing scheme for the first HPP is being discussed in Kazakhstan
In Kazakhstan, a discussion is unfolding around the initiative to amend the law "On Electric Power Industry" aimed at stimulating the construction of pumped-storage power...