EFSD: Rogun Dam project threatens financial stability of Tajikistan
The ambitious Rogun Dam construction project, designed to ensure Tajikistan's energy independence and turn the country into a major exporter of electricity, could turn into...
Golden Rivers: who gets super profits from the construction of HPPs in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan is plunging into darkness. In the hot summer, the capital of the country, Bishkek, suffers from rolling power outages that paralyze the life of...
The Qosh-Tepa Afghan Canal: a test of strength for the entire region
The official visit of the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov to Tajikistan brought to the fore one of the most acute problems of the region...
Kazakhstan’s water program: paper rivers, phantom dams?
For 2025, the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurzhan Nurzhigitov announced ambitious plans to build four new reservoirs in...
Tajikistan: betting on Dams to the detriment of the sun and wind
Tajikistan, a country with colossal hydropower resources, is making a decisive bet on "big water", directing the main efforts and international investments to the development...
Five new micro-HPPs launched in Karakalpakstan
In the Republic of Karakalpakstan, five new microhydroelectric power plants were launched, built at the expense of Uzbekhydroenergo's own funds. The projects were implemented as...
Dams in national parks: development of protected lands may begin in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan's nature reserves and national parks have lost the status of inviolable territories. A number of amendments to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan...
UNESCO: the future of the Western Tien Shan is under threat due to HPP projects
International experts are sounding the alarm: the nature of the Western Tien Shan is under serious threat – primarily due to the construction and design...
Kazakhstan approved the rules for the inspection of hydraulic structures
The Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, by order dated June 27, 2025, approved the Rules for conducting a multifactorial...
Battle for Issyk: environmentalists of Kazakhstan against the creation of a hydroelectric power station in the national park
In Kazakhstan, the ecological society "Green Salvation" opposes the construction of a new hydroelectric power station in the Ile-Alatau National Park. What happened The Almaty...