Rogun Dam Assessment Fails to Meet Standards, Report Finds
A report by the international environmental coalition Rivers without Boundaries, titled “With Eyes Wide Shut: Ignoring the Transboundary and Cumulative Impacts of the Rogun HPP,”...
Tajikistan Secures AED 376M Loan for Rogun Hydropower Plant
The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has finalized a loan agreement with the Republic of Tajikistan to support the construction of the Rogun Hydropower...
Afghan Canal Sparks Regional Water Management Concerns
Afghanistan's Qosh Tepa canal, a major infrastructure project designed to divert water from the Amu Darya river for irrigation, is generating significant transboundary concerns across...
Kyrgyzstan Advances Hydropower Projects with World Bank Funding
The Ministry of Energy of the Kyrgyz Republic is implementing measures to address electricity shortages and develop the country's hydropower potential. Under the World Bank–financed...
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...