Central Asia Weekly Energy News Roundup - September 22 - September 28, 2012
September 28th, 2012
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Week of September 22 - September 28, 2012
AFGHANISTAN KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN TAJIKISTAN TURKMENISTAN UZBEKISTAN
Источник: afghanistan.ru
Russia supplied 10 thousand tons of fuel to Afganistan
Almaty blacked out- power outage September 24 blacked out Kazakhstan’s largest city, media reported, quoting the Alatau Zharyk Kompaniyasy energy-distributing company. KazTAG reported that the entire city had lost power, while Total.kz reported 75% of the city was affected. A substation breakdown was to blame, shutting down Almaty’s subway and airport, Tengri News reported. Traffic lights also stopped functioning, causing traffic jams kilometres long. However, the city’s hospitals had their own sources of power, Tengri News reported, adding that subway service eventually resumed....Source: CentralAsiaOnline.com
Processing capacity of KazMunaiGas increased - The Romanian company 'Rompetrol' which is a branch of Kazakh national oil and gas company "KazMunaiGas" has completed modernization of oil and gas processing plant Petromidiya in Black Sea, Director General of "Rompetrol" Janat Tusupbekov reported to journalists on Thursday. The increase of processing capacity from 3.8 to 5 million tons of raw material per year has been reached. The plant has transferred to euro 5 fuel standard ", Tusupbekov added.....Source: Trend.az
Источник: zakon.kz
Power supply were restored in AlmatyИсточник: zakon.kz
Ministry of Energy and New Technologies developed the Energy Efficiency Regulations for Buildings in Kazakhstan
RusHydro, JSC Electric ink deal for hydroelectric development - Moscow-based utility JSC RusHydro and Kyrgyzstan's JSC Electric have announced a plan to develop four hydroelectric stations in the Kyrgyz Republic. The four hydropower plants will have a combined capacity of 191 MW when complete, with a price tag near US$425 million. Each plant will take about three years to complete, though RusHydro says it expects much of the work to be executed simultaneously. The stations will be set up in a 50/50 joint venture between RusHydro and JSC Electric....Source: HydroWorld.com
Kyrgyzstan’s distribution companies can not introduce rolling blackouts by themselves – Kubanychbek Turdubayev - “Kyrgyzstan’s distribution companies can not introduce rolling blackouts by themselves,” Severelectro JSC technical director, Kubanychbek Turdubayev, stated at today’s press conference. According to him, Severelectro will try to prevent emergency power cutoff. “We are included in the “National electric network”, where power cutoff may occur due to overload. Local power cutoff will be, but they will be eliminated as soon as possible,” Kubanychbek Turdubayev explained....Source: 24.kg
Kyrgyz Kambarata-1 HPP construction to end in 2021 - The construction of Kambarata-1 hydropower plant in Kyrgyzstan is planned to be finished in 2021, KyrTAG reported on Monday with reference to Kyrgyz Energy and Industry Minister Avtandil Kalmambetov. The whole construction admittedly will last for 8 years and will start in spring 2013. The feasibility study of the project will be worked out during next five months and will be financed by Russia...Source: Trend.az
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan fail to agree on Central Asian United Energy System - Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan failed to agree on the work of the United Energy System of Central Asia. Director General of National Electric Network Medetbek Aitkulov told 24.kg news agency. According to him, two-day negotiations finished in Astana today. “Unfortunately, we have not reached a consensus. But we intend continuing negotiations. The second meeting of power engineers will be in Tashkent presumably in early October. We’re not going to delay the resolution of this question,” Medetbek Aitkulov explained..Source: 24.kg
Мониторинг антикоррупционной деятельности в энергосекторе Кыргызстана показал, что ежегодно из отрасли вымывается 4 млрд сомов или около $100 млн в год.
Monitoring of anti-corruption activities in the energy sector of Kyrgyzstan showed that 4 billion soms or about $ 100 million a year are washed away from the industry.
Raising of tariff rates does not solve problems in the power sector
Tightness of investment in the power sector of Kyrgyzstan is 1billion soms, - Ministry of Energy of Kyrgyzstan
Источник: tazabek.kg
Monitoring of anti-corruption activities in the energy sector of Kyrgyzstan showed that 4 billion soms or about $ 100 million a year are washed away from the industry.Источник: tazabek.kg
Raising of tariff rates does not solve problems in the power sectorИсточник: tazabek.kg
Tightness of investment in the power sector of Kyrgyzstan is 1billion soms, - Ministry of Energy of Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan to increase Rohun HPP project financing - Tajikistan plans to increase the financing of Rohun hydropower plant project, according to the country's draft budget for 2013, Avesta.Tj reported on Monday. The draft budget was proposed for consideration of the state commission on budget under the country's government by the Tajik Finance Ministry. If the commission accepts the draft budget, it will pass to the approval of the country's government...Source: Trend.az
Источник: news.tj
Tajikistan will increase financing of the Rogun projectИсточник: toptj.com
The Russian Ministry of Energy warned Tajikistan about possible shortage of gasoline.
The Russian Ministry of Energy warned Tajikistan about possible shortage of gasoline.Источник: news.tj
Jjournalists familiarized with the Nurek HPP 500 kilovolt (kV) Switchyard Reconstruction Project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Tajikistan.
Ashkhabad to sign energy contract with Turkish Çalik Enerji- Turkmen Administration has signed contract with Turkish company Çalik Enerji…"A major project in Turkmen history on energy infrastructure development has been approved, which is determined to modernize the energy supply system of the capital and the whole country as a perspective", the report says. Construction of 16 station complexes with capacity of 110 kW, 11station complexes with 35 kW capacity, 97 station complexes with 10 kW capacity, projecting and construction of 31000 meters long grid power station with capacity of 100 kW, 15900 meters long cable energy transmission system with 110 kW capacity...Source: Trend.az
Establishment of TAPI gas pipeline consortium discussed in Ashgabat - Ashgabat hosted a meeting of the steering committee for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project. Plans on the formation of an international consortium were determined, the Turkmen Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said today. 'Plans for the near future related to the accelerated implementation of the transnational pipeline construction project were determined at the meeting of the steering committee which was held in a constructive format', the information said. Heads of ministries and representatives of all the project's member states and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) attended a meeting....Source: Equities.com
Turkmenistan touts natural gas benefits - The government of Turkmenistan is able to meet the growing energy demands of its Central Asian neighbors with a transnational pipeline, the president said. The U.S. Energy Department's Energy Information Administration lists Turkmenistan as one of the top countries for natural gas reserves and natural gas production. Turkmen officials signed agreements in May to sell natural gas to its Asian partners through the 1,043-mile Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline....Source: UPI.com
Источник: rambler.ru
President of Turkmenistan: TAPI construction will satisfy the needs of the Asian market of power.Источник: turkmenistan.ru
A regular meeting of the Steering Committee of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan- Pakistan-India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline Project was held in AshgabatИсточник: turkmenistan.ru
Turkmenistan invites investors to participate in the project for transporting Turkmen gas to Pakistan and India 
Uzbekistan to lose $600m a year due to Rogun Dam - Future water shortage due to construction of Rogun hydropower station in Tajikistan may cost Uzbekistan over $600 million annually in losses from agriculture. A new research of the US scholars on impact of Rogun project to agriculture sector of Uzbekistan said…The scholars said that water shortage will result in decrease of GDP of Uzbekistan by 2pc and some 300,000 people will lose their jobs.....Source: Nation.com.pk
PV interest in Uzbekistan increases- Several large photovoltaic power plants are expected to be built in Uzbekistan soon, with the participation of both local and foreign investors. The country's largest energy producer, state-owned Uzbekenergo, has told pv magazine it is planning to install a series of photovoltaic power plants totaling 2 GW over the next several years. The majority of funds for the project will be allocated from the company’s own sources, as well as the Asian Development Bank.....Source: Pv-Magazine.com
Uzbek Company Constructs Power Supply Facilities for Potash Fertiliser Plant- Uzbekenergo company started construction of new power supply facilities for Dehkanabad potash fertilizer plant (Kashkadarya region, south of Uzbekistan) worth $67.5 million, the company representative told Trend on Wednesday. It was reported that two transformer substations with a capacity of 125,000 KW with two high-voltage lines each bearing 220 KV with a length of 74 kilometres and 110 KV with length of 32 kilometres are planned to be built to provide the Dehkanabad potash fertiliser plant with energy at Qashqadaryo Province in southern Uzbekistan...Source: TurkishWeekly.net
Kyrgyzstan invites Uzbekistan for cooperation in construction of hydropower plants - President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev considers construction of hydropower plants as right, President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambaev said on the OTRK channel on September 26 when asked about the energy sector agreements reached with Russia. The President said Kyrgyzstan invited the neighboring countries to participate in the project. He reminded that the Kambar-Ata-1 project was designed in the research institute in Tashkent in the Soviet time....Source: HydroWorld.com
Источник: ca-news.org
N. Nazarbayev and i. Karimov discussed the water problems in the region … confirmed their positions on waterpower development in the head of Syrdarya River.
N. Nazarbayev and i. Karimov discussed the water problems in the region … confirmed their positions on waterpower development in the head of Syrdarya River.Источник: anon.uz
State Joint Stock Company (SJSC) "Uzbekenergo" plans to build solar power plants with capacity of up to 2 GW in the coming yearsИсточник: anon.uz
The Ministry of Finance of Uzbekistan has approved new tariffs for natural gas for residents. Tariffs for natural gas will rise up to 14% from October 1st, 2012.
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