Central Asia Weekly Energy News Roundup - September 1 - September 7, 2012

Central Asia Weekly Energy News Roundup - September 1 - September 7, 2012

September 10th, 2012

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Week of September 1 - September 7, 2012 

AFGHANISTAN    KAZAKHSTAN   KYRGYZSTAN   TAJIKISTAN   TURKMENISTAN    UZBEKISTAN

Exxon Shows an Interest in Afghanistan - More top-tier energy companies are likely to join the race to explore for oil and gas in Afghanistan after the world's biggest publicly traded firm, Exxon Mobil, changed perceptions of what the country may hold by showing interest in drilling.  Energy majors are exploring new frontiers in pursuit of fresh reserves as they exhaust existing fields and Afghanistan, after decades of conflict, remains little explored....Source: Reuters
 

Источник: afghanistan.ru 

TAPI Project: Positive neutrality" of Turkmen-Afghan relations
 

Kazakhstan’s power generation reached more than 58 billion kilowatt hours in 8 months - As part of fall and winter preparations, power enterprises completed repairs at 6 power-generating units, 25 boilers and 12 turbines and are renovating 3 power-generating units, 25 boilers and 16 turbines.  Electricity production in Kazakhstan has reached more than 58 billion kilowatt-hours in 8 months, CA-NEWS reported...Source: Caspionet.kz

 
EBRD to lend USD 61 million for Shardara hydro plant upgrade in Kazakhstan - Interfax reported that the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development will lend USD 61.2 million to upgrade the Shardara hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in Kazakhstan.  The EBRD signed the deal with and OJSC Shardara HPP a subsidiary of Samruk-Energo. The Shardara HPP Modernization Project is included in Kazakhstan program for industrial and innovation development in 2010-2014 and aimed at improving reliability of the hydro plant and increasing its installed capacity by 16% to 116 MW. As a result of the project the plant will produce additional 57 million kWh of electricity a year....Source: Steelguru.com
 
Kazakhstan to borrow 1.2 billion cubic meters of gas for heating season -Kazakhstan will borrow 1.2 billion cubic meters of gas from China, Russia and Uzbekistan for the heating season, Kazinform reported with the reference to Oil and Gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev.  "We have agreed on a 1.2 billion cubic meters of gas loan with China, Gazprom [Russian gas company] and Uzbekistan to provide the country with the gas in the heating season. Gas consumption is growing," Mynbayev said...Source: Trend.az

Kazakhstan ready to embrace Estonian experience in ‘green economy’ - Kazakhstan is ready to learn from the experience of Estonia in the development of a green economy', Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov said at the opening of the Kazakh-Estonian Business Forum in Astana during the visit of Estonian counterpart Andrus Ansip on Thursday….He added the matter of the application of Estonia's experience in the development of a 'green economy' and energy efficiency....Source: Trend.az

 

Источник: Centrasia.ru

Kazakhstan will borrow 1.2 billion. cubic meters of natural gas from China, Russia and Uzbekistan 
 

Источник: zakon.kz

 Residents of Almaty region are getting ready for another surge of electricity prices
 

Источник: zakon.kz

 JSC "Arcelor Mittal Temirtau" was fined for selling power at tariffs exceeding the upper limits.
 

 

Kyrgyz Republic adopts progressive energy efficiency legislation in dialogue with the EBRD -   Kyrgyz Republic makes a big step towards energy efficient buildings thanks to new legislation, developed with assistance from the EBRD.  The Kyrgyz Republic government approved two new regulations with a Government Decree on 2 August 2012. The new regulations introduce a set of instruments facilitating energy efficiency of all types of buildings. The new regulations provide procedures implementing the Law on “Energy Performance of Buildings”. The Law was approved by the Kyrgyz Republic parliament in June 2011 and has been in force since 6 February 2012....Source: Finchannel.com
 
Chinese firm mulls cross-border power grid- A leading Chinese power transmission provider is considering a cross-border grid project to share electricity between northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and neighboring Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Zhang Xin, chairman of Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co Ltd, said during the ongoing 2nd China-Eurasia Expo held in Xinjiang from September 2... Zhang said Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have abundant hydro-electricity resources in summer,but they experience power shortages during the dry winter season. With the grid, they could import electricity from Xinjiang in winter and export electricity in summer. Xinjiang largely relieson coal-firing stations for power....Source: ChinaDaily.com.cn
 
Источник: centrasia.ru

 Kyrgyz Vostokelectro. Sellers of air. Residents of the village of Issyk-Kul Tamga forced to pay not only for the consumption of electricity, but also for the "air" kilowatts, which they attributed to the controllers

Источник: 24kg

Coal mining companies of the Batken oblast of Kyrgyzstan are included in the Register of Monopolies, to reveal the collusion between producers and retailers. 
 
Источник: 24kg
The Ministry of industry of Kyrgyzstan imposed a moratorium on all actions concerning the signing of the contract for construction of the Verhnenarynskogo HPPs chain.
 
India offers help to Tajikistan on unconventional energy- India today offered to train Tajik personnel in the field of renewable energy and said it was willing to set up pilot projects in Tajikistan.  Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said the Indian government was ready to help Tajikistan in the field on unconventional energy by training its people and set up pilot projects so that it can learn the benefits of alternative energy models. He was addressing industrialists from the two countries in the presence of Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon...He said in the coming days, global warming can reduce large glaciers into "trickle of streams" and create water scarcity. Against this backdrop, unconventional energy based on solar and wind power could help bridge the gap....Source: Business-Standard.com
 
BHEL signs preliminary deal with Tajikistan for 100-MW hydro-electric power project - State-owned BHEL today said it has signed a preliminary agreement with Tajikistan for setting up a 100 MW hydro-electric power project. BHEL has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Energy and Industry, Republic of Tajikistan to set up a 100 MW Hydro Electric Power Plant in the country," the company said in a statement. The plant will be set up by Bhel on the Zeravshan river in Tajikistan, and will help in harnessing the country's hydro potential, it said.  Bhel will use its experience in hydro power plants to offer the optimum techno-economic solution for the project....Source: EconomicTimes.com
 
EU supports Rohun HPP’s expertise in Tajikistan - The European Union (EU) supports the World Bank's efforts on the implementation of independent international expertise of constructing Rohun hydropower plant, Avesta.tj reported on Monday.  According to the report, the EU waits for the results of the expertise.  The organization also supports carrying out the additional research of alternative ways of providing regional energy security.  Rogun is one of the planned hydropower plants of Vakhsh Cascade in southern Tajikistan....Source: Trend.az
 
Источник: centrasia.ru
  Rogun: To be or not to be, or how the World Bank is considering alternatives to this project.
 
Источник: news.tj/ru 
 UN Secretary-General voiced his support for the World Bank efforts to continue the assessment of the Roghun Hydropower Plant Project.
 

Источник: news.tj/ru 

Barki Tojik: Tajikistan will not be able to avoid power restriction 
 

Источник: news.tj/ru

The World Bank declared effective the additional Financing for the Energy Sector of Tajikistan.
 
Turkmenistan approves regulation on Energy Ministry - Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has approved the regulations on the Ministry of Energy, whose mission is the production and sale of electricity, an official Turkmen source said. The document was prepared under by order of the president dated July 6, 2012 "On the creation of the Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan." The new agency was established on the basis of the Ministry of Energy and Industry split into two separate structures...Source: Trend.az
 

EU: Energy negotiations in Ashgabat constructive- The negotiations of high energy representatives of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and the European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger, which were held in Ashgabat on Monday were constructive, Marlene Holzner, a spokesperson for EU Energy Commissioner, told Trend over phone from Brussels. One of the major issues of the negotiations was the implementation of the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline project. Brussels submitted a mandate to start negotiations on the preparation of an agreement ..Source: Trend.az

 
Turkmenistan interested in increasing energy exports to Tajikistan - Turkmenistan is interested in increasing energy exports to Tajikistan, as well as the import of agricultural and industrial products from Tajikistan, Turkmen Ambassador to Tajikistan Chinar Rustamova said at a briefing in Dushanbe on Monday, Avesta.Tj reported.  She said that in the first half of 2012, exports of Turkmen oil products to Tajikistan amounted to about 33,000 tons. "It's not a huge amount given the energy of Turkmenistan," the ambassador said.  She noted that this figure can be increased by 3-4 times, if regional projects in the areas of building power lines, gas pipeline ...Source: Trend.az
 

Источник: rus.ruvr.ru

Who actually needs Turkmen gas?
 

Источник: rambler.ru

 Turkmen gas: through the Caspian Sea to Europe.
 

Источник: centrasia.ru

Turkmen gas could go to Europe via the Trans-Anatolia Pipeline (TANAP project) 
 

Источник: centrasia.ru

Turkmen State Oil & Gas University was opened in Ashgabat.
 
Uzbek leader sounds warning over Central Asia water disputes- A dispute over Central Asian water resources risks provoking military conflict in the former Soviet region, Uzbek President Islam Karimov said on Friday, in a stinging criticism of plans by neighbouring states to dam rivers for hydropower projects. Uzbekistan, Central Asia's most populous country, depends on the rivers that rise in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to irrigate farmland. It has long been opposed to its neighbours' plans to revive colossal Soviet-era projects to build dams upstream....Source: Reuters
 

Источник: 12.uz 

 Uzbekistan will attract $ 200 million ADB loan for modernization of the Takhiatashskaya TPP.

 
Источник: aloqada.com

 The construction of a new combined cycle gas turbine is being completed in Uzbekistan.

 
 
 
 
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