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- Kyrgyzstan
to help Pakistan control power shortfall
May 1, 2008 - Asia Pulse Data Source
Kyrgyzstan is keen to help Pakistan in power
shortfall as country has surplus electricity
of one billion kilo watt, Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan,
Dr Nurlan Aitmurzaev said on Tuesday, THE
Daily Times (Pakistan) reported. Kyrgyzstan
has inked an agreement to export it to Central
Asian and South Asian Region of Electricity
Market (CASAREM) including Tajikistan, Afghanistan
and Pakistan.
- Power
to the People: Afghanistan Holds Key to Ambitious
Plan for Regional Energy Development
Mar 31, 2008 - International Herald Tribune
"What we need is electricity," they say, through
Wilson's Afghan translator. "To power computers.
For our children. To connect to the Internet."
- Uzbekistan
Resumes Power Supply to Tajikistan
Mar 3, 2008 - BBC Monitoring Central Asia
Uzbekistan has resumed power supply to Tajikistan,
a source in the Barq-i Tojik [Tajik Electricity]
open joint-stock holding company has told
Asia-Plus.
- Uzbekistan
Resumes Power Supplies to Weather-Hit Tajikistan
Feb 12, 2008 -BBC Monitoring Central Asia
Uzbekistan resumed electricity supplies to
Tajikistan yesterday, a source in the Uzbek
embassy in Tajikistan told Asia-Plus today.
"Yesterday we exported 1m kWh to Tajikistan,
and today [electricity] supplies were increased
to 2m kWh," a consul of the Uzbek embassy
in Tajikistan, Mirodil Abdurazzoqov, said
in an interview with Asia-Plus.
- Tajik-Iranian
joint venture starts to build small power
plant in south
Jan 31, 2008 - BBC Monitoring
Tajikistan has started implementing one of
the eight projects on construction of small
hydroelectric power plants funded by the Islamic
Development Bank, the head of the centre for
implementing energy projects, Sanat Rahimov,
has told Avesta.
- Tajikistan
Begins Construction of New Power Line to Afghanistan
Jan 15, 2008 - BBC Monitoring Central Asia
After completing the construction of a 10-
kV electric power transmission line [from
eastern Tajikistan to the Afghan district
of Fayzabad], the Pamirenergy company started
the construction of a 0.4 kV electric power
transmission line designed to provide electricity
to Shognan district in Afghanistan's Badakhshan
Province.
- Turkmenistan
Begins Electricity Supplies to Tajikistan
Dec 03 - BBC Monitoring - Central Asia
he supply of Turkmen electricity to Tajikistan
has eventually started, although in small
amounts - 2- 2.5m kWh per day and night, the
Barq-i Tojik OJSHC [open joint- stock holding
company] has told Asia-Plus.
- Leading
Energy Company of India to Establish Geothermal
Energy in India and Nepal
Nov 27, 2007 - Market Wire
Glitnir, the Nordic corporate investment bank,
and LNJ Bhilwara Group with operations in
India and Nepal has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in developing
geothermal power plants in India and Nepal.
This MoU has been signed during the visit
of the Finance Minister of Iceland on invitation
from Finance Minister of India. The finance
minister of Iceland H.E. Arni Mathiesen is
on an official visit with a business delegation
focused on Energy development in India.
- Agreement
signed in Kabul on electricity transmission
project that connects Central Asia with South
Asia
Nov 19, 2007 - The World Bank Group
Kabul November 19, 2007 – An agreement was
signed in Kabul on November 16 to implement
a US$500 million electricity connection between
Central Asia and South Asia. In its first
stage, the project would transfer around 1300
Megawatts of electricity from Tajikistan and
Kyrgyz Republic to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Central Asia has abundant hydropower resources
and seasonal energy surpluses that can provide
lower cost power to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- World
Bank funds Tajik-Afghan power supply project
Sep 12, 2007 - BBC Monitorng
The World Bank (WB) has allocated 3m dollars
[to Tajikistan] to draw up a feasibility study
for a project to construct the Sangtuda [Tajikistan]-Sherkhan
Bandar [northern Afghanistan] high-voltage
power transmission line, Avesta news agency
has been told at the Tajik Ministry of Energy
and Industry.
- Tajik
Premier Pledges Electricity Supplies to Kazakhstan
Aug 24, 2007 - BBC Monitoring
Tajikistan will be ready to export to Kazakhstan
up to 2.5bn kWh of electricity per annum once
the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power station
is commissioned, Tajik Prime Minister Oqil
Oqilov has said.
- Kyrgyzstan:
Central Asia power grids discuss cooperation
plans
May 22, 2007 - BBC Monitoring
The Kyrgyz energy system is currently operating
in parallel with energy systems of Central
Asia, Kazakhstan and Russia. The parallel
operation of the energy systems is increasing
the reliability of electricity supplies to
consumers and allowing the power engineering
systems to help one another in emergencies
and work more economically. This has been
said at a regular session of the coordination
commission of the Electricity Council of Central
Asia in Bishkek.
- India
to depend on renewable sources to meet energy
needs
Apr 09, 2007 - Asia Pulse Data Source
New Delhi, India will be dependent on renewable
sources such as solar, hydro and biofuels
to meet 50 per cent of its energy requirements
by 2050.
http://peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=25159
- Tajiks,
Afghan, Iran agree on feasibility study of
joint power line
Mar 20, 2007 - BBC Monitoring
Dushanbe: Tajik, Afghan and Iranian power
engineers have signed a treaty on the feasibility
study of a project for the construction of
a high-voltage power transmission line from
Tajikistan to Iran through Afghan territory,
and have chosen a prime contractor, Avesta
has been told by the Tajik Energy and Industry
Ministry.
- Positive
response from India to import of electricity
from Bhutan and Nepal: Power Advisor
Mar 11, 2007 - Asia Pulse Data Source
Bangladesh has received a positive response
from India regarding the plan for importing
electricity from Bhutan and Nepal, as a measure
for tackling the prevailing crisis, Power
and Energy Advisor Tapan Chowdhury said Sunday.
- India
mulls power transmission links with Sri Lanka,
B'desh
Mar 8, 2007 - Asia in Focus
The government on Wednesday said it was looking
into the possibility of establishing power
transmission links with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh,
while asking other South Asian countries to
enhance regional energy cooperation. "We would
suggest the approach of building country-to-country
grid interconnections as building blocks for
making feasible flow of electricity across
the region," Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde
said at the South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC) Energy Ministers' meeting
here.
- Power
minister moots SAARC energy grid
Mar 7, 2007 McClatchy-Tribune Business
News Formerly Knight Ridder/Tribune Business
News
NEW DELHI -- Power minister Sushilkumar
Shinde on Monday made an effort to energise
economic cooperation among SAARC countries
by proposing to bind them together through
a network of transnational energy lifelines
-- from oil and gas pipelines to interconnecting
power transmission lines.
- Azerbaijan
considers Russian energy grid's cooperation
offer
Jan 26, 2007 - BBC Monitoring
The Azerbaijani government is considering
seriously RAO UES [Unified Energy System of
Russia] proposals concerning cooperation in
the electric power industry.
- ADB
to Study Power Trade Potential to Afghanistan
and Pakistan
Jan 22, 2007 - Xinhua
ADB is providing a US$3 million technical
assistance grant to study the potential for
regional electricity trading that would help
optimize utilization of power resources in
both Central and South Asia.
http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2007/11373-asian-electricity-tradings/default.asp
- Nepal-India
sign deal to construct power transmission
line
Jan 6, 2007 - PTI
Kathmandu, Jan 6: Nepal and India have agreed
to construct a 220 KV trans-border transmission
line to facilitate exchange of power between
the two countries.
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=75750
-
India
plans high-capacity power line
Nov 28, 2006 - UPI
India is moving forward with plans to build
a 1,000-mile-long power transmission line
connecting
its northeast with the rest of the country.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061128-124505-7037r
- Afghanistan
to import 300 MW power from Uzbekistan
Nov 14, 2006 - Xinhua
The war-ravaged and energy-thirsty Afghanistan
has inked agreement with Uzbekistan to import
300 MW electricity from its central Asian
neighbor, Presidential spokesman Mohammad
Karim Rahimi said in Kabul on Tuesday.
- Kazakhstan:
World Bank Supports Electricity Transmission
To South
Oct 27, 2006 - Press Release
- World Bank
ASTANA - The World Bank today approved a US$
100 million loan for Phase II of the Kazakhstan
North-South Electricity Transmission Project.
The project will help ensure access to a reliable,
cost-effective and high-quality supply of
electricity for business enterprises and households
in southern Kazakhstan. The project also supports
regional integration by optimizing the use
of energy resources through the international
electricity trade. It will help to promote
national and regional competition by allowing
low cost producers in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan
and Kyrgyzstan to compete on the broader regional
market.
- India
and Nepal try to break the ice on joint hydropower
Sep 08, 2006 - Asia Pulse Data Source
There is a 20 percent shortfall in power supply
on the north Indian grid this summer. Parts
of New Delhi
are suffering six-hour power cuts daily. Nepal
sits on anywhere between 45,000-80,000 M.
There is
demand, and there is supply, yet Nepal and
India can't agree on sharing power and water
for mutual benefit.
http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/314/Headline/12436
- India
Invites Chinese Investment In Power Sector
Aug 29, 2006 - Asia Pulse
BEIJING - India and China have initiated their
first steps to cooperate in the electricity
sector and New Delhi has invited Chinese investments
in the power sector, including transmission
and high-end generation. Since India and China
are two big countries with fastest developing
economies, both...
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- India
Eyes Power Generation Projects in Nepal
Aug 26, 2006 - The Hindu
Facing acute shortage of electricity, India
is talking to neighbouring Nepal for tapping
the potential it has
there. "We are talking to Nepal. There
lies a potential of about 60,000 MW electricity
generation," Power
Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said in Lok Sabha
during the Question Hour.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/holnus/001200608260321.htm
- Kabul-Jalalabad
power line more suitable
May, 2006
Islamabad - Minister for Water and Power Liaquat
Ali Jatoi on Tuesday said Central Asian Republic
States (CARs) Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan expressed
their willingness on installation of transmission
line from Kabul to Pakistan.Addressing a press
conference here after the conclusion of two-day
Central Asian-South Asian Electricity Trade
conference, the minister said that Afghanistan
in this regard agreed to provide transit for
power trade.
http://pakobserver.net/200605/10
- Tajik,
Chinese companies sign deals to build two
power lines in Tajikistan
Apr 20, 2006 -The Associated Press
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - Tajikistan's national
electric power company signed deals with a
Chinese company to build two power transmission
lines in this ex-Soviet republic, an official
said Thursday.
- Barqi
Tojik and China Theban Electric sign contracts
to $300mln
April 19, 2006 - I. Kurbanov - Avesta - Commerical
News Update
Barqi Tojik Joint Stock Holding
Company and Chinese China Theban Electric
Apparatus Stock company
(CTEAS) signed two contracts on the construction
of high voltage power lines in Tajikistan.
Both contracts
were signed Wednesday in Dushanbe, a spokesman
for Barqi Tojik Nozir Edgori told Avesta.
We are
speaking of the construction of a 500 kWt
South-North and a 220 kWt Lolazor-Khatlon
power lines. Total
cost of these projects is estimated at around
$340mln.
http://www.bisnis.doc.gov/bisnis/bisdoc/0604TajikNews.htm
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