January 28, 2020
On January 28, negotiations were held in Tashkent between the working groups of the two countries to discuss the joint construction of a hydroelectric power station on the Zarafshan River in Tajikistan. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan.
“The subject of discussion is the draft agreement between the government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the government of the Republic of Tajikistan on the procedure and conditions for shared participation in the construction and operation of hydroelectric power stations,” the press service said. According to Minenrego, as part of the project, it is planned to build the Yavan hydroelectric power station with a capacity of 140 MW and an estimated cost of $ 282 million in the first stage, at the next stage, the parties will consider the possibility of building a hydroelectric station on the Fandarya river with a capacity of 135 MW with an estimated cost of $ 270 million.
It is reported that the constructed hydropower plants will generate up to 1.4 billion kWh of environmental clean electricity exclusively for the needs of Uzbekistan.
Recall that the question of the Uzbek side participating in the construction of two hydroelectric power plants in Tajikistan with a capacity of 320 MW was discussed during a meeting between the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyayev and his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon in August 2018. Currently, Uzbekistan does not have enough electricity generated in the country, so it is forced to import it from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. According to official data, in 2017, energy consumption in the republic exceeded 60 billion kW / h. According to forecasts of the Ministry of Energy, by 2030, the country's electricity consumption will exceed 105 billion kW / h.v
