Central Asia Energy News Digest Issue 6

Ministry of Finance and EDB sign an additional agreement for loan of US$ 100 million for the 2nd phase of Toktogul HPP rehabilitation

In Russian: www.tazabek.kg/news:1537621?f=cp

Russia remains the largest supplier of petroleum products to Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: http://energyland.info/news-show-tek-neftegaz-184298

Gasification in Kyrgyzstan up at 30%

In Russian: http://energyland.info/news-show-tek-neftegaz-184206

“Ruselprom” plans to invest US$ 1.5 billion in hydropower in the Kyrgyz Republic

In Russian: https://kyrtag.kg/ru/news/ruselprom-nameren-vlozhit-1-5-mlrd-v-gidroenergetiku-kr-podpisan-memorandum

Russia and Kyrgyzstan agree on cooperation in the field of solar energy

In Russian: http://energyland.info/news-show-tek-alternate-184275

Severelectro plans to reconstruct 151.5 km of Bishkek’s overhead power lines in 2019

In Russian: www.tazabek.kg/news:1536989?f=cp

ADB approves US$ 100 million to modernize equipment and improve power generation at Uch-Kurgan hydropower plant

In Russian: www.tazabek.kg/news:1537285?f=cp

Prime Minister created a working group to develop proposals for reforming the Kyrgyz energy sector

In Russian: www.tazabek.kg/news:1537466?f=cp

IMF has found a way to increase electricity tariffs in Kyrgyzstan without upheavals and revolutions

In Russian: www.tazabek.kg/news:1501348?f=cp

Water levels of Toktogul reservoir dropped by 786 million cubic meters since March last year

In Russian: www.tazabek.kg/news:1502033?f=cp

Toktogul HPP rehabilitation project expected to cost US$ 275 million instead of US$ 415 million

In Russian: www.tazabek.kg/news:1501007?f=cp

International consortium invests US$ 5.2 billion in oil and gas development

In Russian:https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2019/03/19/epsilon-dev/

Tuyabuguz hydropower station commissioned in Uzbekistan

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/economic/v-uzbekistane-vveli-v-ekspluatatsiyu-tuyabuguzskuyu-ges/

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visits “Masdar City”

In Russian: https://uzdaily.uz/ru/post/42670

President approved the reorganization of "Uzbekenergo"

In Russian: https://uzdaily.uz/ru/post/42678

Nuclear power and the protection of water bodies - urgent issues

In Russian: https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2019/03/27/water-ecology/

Turkish Endüstriyel Elektrik to build a plant for the production of solar panels in Khorezm

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/economic/turetskaya-end-striyel-elektrik-postroit/

Over 20 foreign companies submitted bids for the construction of a solar power plant in Uzbekistan

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/economic/svyshe-20-inostrannykh-kompaniy-predostavili/

Turkish Yildirim Enerji Holding will build a new thermal power plant in Uzbekistan

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/economic/turetskaya-yildirim-enerji-ho/

Turkish Cengiz Enerji to build a new thermal power plant in the Bukhara region

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/economic/turetskaya-cengiz-enerji-/

Gold instead of repayments for the Dushanbe CHP. Chinese companies granted rights for the development of two gold mines in Tajikistan

In Russian: https://news.tj/en/news/tajikistan/economic/20190329/rudniki-vmesto-deneg-za-tets-kitaitsam-otdayut-na-razrabotku-dva-zolotonosnih-rudnika-v-tadzhikistane

Tajikistan to repay China for the constructed power transmission line "Rogun-Dushanbe" within 25 years

In Russian: https://news.tj/en/news/tajikistan/economic/20190329/dengi-za-postroennuyu-lep-rogun-dushanbe-tadzhikistan-vernet-kitayu-cherez-25-let

Barqi Tojik: Power outages due to tariff non-payment

In Russian: http://avesta.tj/2019/03/29/barki-tochik-otklyucheniya-elektroenergii-svyazano-s-dolgami-naseleniya/

Total power outages continue in Tajikistan. Barqi Tojik silent

In Russian: http://avesta.tj/2019/03/25/v-tadzhikistane-prodolzhayutsya-totalnye-otklyucheniya-elektroenergii-barki-tochik-molchit/

GE Renewable Energy will help increase the capacity of the Kairakkum Hydroelectric Power Plant to 174 MW

In Russian: http://energo-cis.ru/news/ge_renewable_energy_pomozhet/

The capacity of the Nurek Hydroelectric Power Plant, the largest in Central Asia, will increase after reconstruction to 3,300 MW

In Russian: http://energyland.info/news-show-tek-gidro-183935

The President launched the project for the modernization of the Nurek HPP

In Russian: http://avesta.tj/2019/03/20/prezident-dal-start-proektu-po-modernizatsii-nurekskoj-ges/

Tajikistan to export electricity to China

In Russian: https://news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/economic/20190327/tadzhikskuyu-elektroenergiyu-budut-postavlyat-v-kitai

WB to provide US$ 24 million to Tajik villages along the line of the CASA-1000 project

In Russian: https://news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/economic/20190325/vb-dast-24-mln-tadzhikskim-selam-kotorie-raspolozheni-vdol-linii-proekta-casa-1000

Government of Tajikistan hosts discussions on ECT modernisation

In English: https://energycharter.org/media/news/article/the-government-of-tajikistan-hosts-discussions-on-ect-modernisation/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=0b02f025e55d9ef196095cd0d3190f6b

Electric buses scheduled to service passenger route in Atyrau

In Russian: https://kursiv.kz/news/avto/2019-03/pervyy-elektroavtobus-vyshel-na-obsluzhivanie-passazhirskogo-marshruta-v-atyrau

Statement of the Ministry of Energy about the Kalamkas oil field accident

In Russian:https://kursiv.kz/news/proisshestviya/2019-03/avariya-na-mestorozhdenii-kalamkas-v-mangistau-minenergo-sdelal

KZT 157 billion (US $ 411.7 mln.) to be allocated for gasification of the country

In Russian:https://www.inform.kz/ru/157-mlrd-tenge-dopolnitel-no-vydelyat-iz-byudzheta-dlya-gazifikacii-strany_a3511589

Sixty thousand people to get access to the gas network in 2019

In Russian:https://www.inform.kz/ru/60-tysyach-kazahstancev-obespechat-gazom-v-2019-godu_a3511571

Ministry of Energy announced gas prices for 2019

In Russian:https://www.inform.kz/ru/v-minenergo-ozvuchili-srednyuyu-cenu-na-gaz-v-2019-godu_a3511565

Ministry of Energy issues a forecast for gas production in 2019

In Russian:https://www.inform.kz/ru/v-minenergo-rk-dali-prognoz-po-dobyche-gaza_a3511544

Minister Bozumbayev: Kazakhstan’s participation in OPEC+ can significantly reduce market volatility

In Russian: https://kursiv.kz/news/otraslevye-temy/2019-03/bozumbaev-uchastie-kazakhstana-v-opek-pozvolyaet-suschestvenno-snizit

Kazakhs to save more than 28 billion tenge in 2019 due to tariff reductions

In Russian: https://www.inform.kz/ru/bolee-28-mlrd-tenge-sekonomyat-kazahstancy-v-2019-godu-za-schet-snizheniya-tarifov_a3511366

Five new renewable energy projects commissioned in January

In Russian: https://www.kt.kz/rus/economy/v_yanvare_v_kazahstane_vvedeno_5_ob_ektov_vozobnovlyaemyh_1377881962.html

ARETI signs memorandum on development of a large field in the Caspian basin

In Russian: https://turkmenportal.com/blog/18192/kompaniya-areti-podpisala-v-turkmenistane-memorandum-na-osvoenie-krupnogo-mestorozhdeniya-na-kaspii

Donald Trump announces US support for Turkmen gas exports to Europe

In Russian: https://turkmenportal.com/blog/18119/donald-tramp-zayavil-o-podderzhke-ssha-eksporta-turkmenskogo-gaza-cherez-kaspii-v-evropu

Turkmenistan’s Caspian oil route

In Russian: https://turkmenportal.com/blog/18100/kaspiiskii-marshrut-turkmenskoi-nefti

Turkmenistan intends to offer Japan to invest in TAPI project

In English: https://www.azernews.az/news.php?news_id=147733&cat=region

Turkmenistan invites Bahrain to participate in TAPI gas pipeline project

In English: https://www.azernews.az/news.php?news_id=147597&cat=region

Ashgabat hosts a meeting of the task force on regional energy cooperation in Central and South Asia

In Russian: https://turkmenportal.com/blog/18188/v-ashhabade-prohodit-zasedanie-celevoi-gruppy-po-regionalnomu-energeticheskomu-sotrudnichestvu-v-centralnoi-i-yuzhnoi-azii

How do electricity tariffs come together?

In Russian: https://eenergy.media/2019/03/20/iz-chego-skladyvayutsya-tarify-na-elektroenergiyu/?fbclid=IwAR1w0vcocJEgYuHjTp96w8E9MMTqfI1rSA7RuwrT2qdQiNOsLJK2rubHLaQ

Announcement of planned auctions for renewable energy projects in Kazakhstan.

In Russian: http://energo.gov.kz/index.php?id=24211

Power Uzbekistan 15-17 May 2019

Website: http://www.power-uzbekistan.uz/