Transmission line between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
The ADB approved additional grant financing of $15 million for the project to reconnect Tajikistan’s grid to the Central Asian Unified Power System.
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Tajikistan/Uzbekistan: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved additional grant financing of $15 million for the project to reconnect Tajikistan’s grid to the Central Asian Unified Power System. This will enable the construction of a 22 km 500 kV transmission line in northern Tajikistan between the Sughd substation in Tajikistan and the New Syrdarya substation in Uzbekistan.
This will increase the capacity for export-import of electricity between the countries of the Central Asian power system, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and strengthen the infrastructure to prevent failures. The project will ensure the readiness of Tajikistan’s power grid for providing power and frequency regulation services for the smooth integration of renewable energy in the region. It is set to become a key component of the power transmission scheme from Tajikistan’s Rogun hydropower station.
In June 2024, Tajikistan reconnected to the Central Asian power system, after leaving in 2009. The Unified Power System of Central Asia was created in the 1960s and was managed by the Coordination and Dispatch Center in Tashkent.
After the collapse of the USSR, the system existed for several years, however, the countries began to leave one after another. Turkmenistan left first, having decided that it was capable of autonomously providing itself with electricity. The system stopped existing in 2009 but was recreated in 2019, with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan joining.
Source: 24.kg
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