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BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 24. Tajikistan
aims to boost its electricity generation capacity by constructing
new hydropower plants, the country’s Prime Minister Kokhir
Rasulzoda said at the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting,
Trend reports.
“According to our medium-term plans, we intend to
increase electricity generation fivefold in the coming years by
building new hydropower plants,” Rasulzoda said.
He proposed joint utilization of Tajikistan’s hydro
energy potential by member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union
(EAEU). In his opinion, joint utilization is more likely to
contribute to the economic development of the entire region.
Currently, Tajikistan generates 98 percent of its
electricity from hydropower plants. According to the Ministry of
Energy, the country achieved a record electricity production of
approximately 21.4 billion kWh in 2022, marking the highest level
since its independence. The country’s hydro energy resources are
estimated at 527 billion kWh per year.
Over the past 30 years of independence, Tajikistan has
constructed and upgraded 287 large and small hydropower plants, and
50 substations, and reconstructed 75 percent of its energy
infrastructure.
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