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Central Asia Energy News Digest Issue 5 (15 March 2019)

Central Asia Energy News Digest Issue 5

Date: 1-15 March 2019

Kyrgyzstan

Solar systems installed in remote forest management units of Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: https://kyrtag.kg/ru/news/v-otdalennykh-gornykh-lesnichestvakh-kyrgyzstana-ustanovili-solnechnye-paneli

Vostokelectro illegally lowered electricity rates for holiday resorts

In Russian:

Duty-free fuel imports from Kazakhstan will not change prices in Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: https://24.kg/ekonomika/111253_besposhlinnyie_postavki_topliva_izkazahstana_neizmenyat_tsen_vkyirgyizstane/

Illegal import of fuels and lubricants reaches 300 thousand tons annually - 20% of total market

In Russian:

The price of fuel may decline by 3 percent in March

In Russian:

Bishkek City Court to hear the case on the 5.5 billion KGS damage to Bishkek CHP plant

In Russian:

State coal enterprise "Kyrgyzkomur" increased production 8 times in 5 years, bringing the volume to 500,000 tons

In Russian:

Cheap electricity - self-deception. Why Kyrgyzstan needs to increase electricity prices

In Russian:

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan supports privatization of several thermal power plants – Elyor Ganiyev, VPM

In Russian:

Companies from Russia, Japan and the United Arab Emirates compete for trust management of two thermal power plants in Uzbekistan

In Russian:

Uzbekistan plans to install over 7 million smart meters by the end of 2021

In Russian:

Uzbekugol waiting for change: Mirziyoyev instructed to optimize coal tariffs and increase industry profitability

In Russian:

Uzbekenergo has developed a model for restructuring the power industry

In Russian:

Uzbekistan owes Lukoil about US $600 million for gas deliveries in 2018

In Russian:

Lukoil signs an agreement to study a colossal field in the north-west of Uzbekistan

In Russian:

Measures taken to improve the management efficiency of the national coal company Uzbekugol JSC

In Russian:

Russian company Zarubezhneft agrees to develop three mature fields in Uzbekistan

In Russian:

Press conference on the implementation of automated electricity metering and control system

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Tajikistan

Total power blackout in Tajikistan explained by repair works

In Russian:

Coal production for January and February of 2019 up by 63,000 tons over the first two months of last year

In RussianÑ

Funds from the sale of a network of petrol stations went to the construction of the Rogun hydropower station

In Russian:

Second phase of the reconstruction of the Kairakkum hydropower station will begin in April

In Russian:

The implementation of the Tajik section of CASA-1000 will begin in mid-March

In Russian:

Tajikistan is starting rehabilitation of Nurek hydropower plant

In Russian:

Tajikistan will receive a US $ 40 million EFSD loan for the rehabilitation of Nurek hydropower plant

In Russian:

Tajik power engineers commend the effectiveness of the South-North 500 kV transmission line project

In Russian:

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan to launch first phase of a new wind farm

In English:

Rebuilding Almaty’s power system

In Russian: https://kapital.kz/economic/76302/v-almaty-perestraivayut-energosistemu.html

Kazakhstan will supply Uzbekistan with up to 2 million tons of oil per year

In Russian: http://m.inform.kz/ru/article/3507141-kazahstan-budet-ezhegodno-postavlyat-uzbekistanu-do-2-mln-tonn-nefti

Kazakh and Japanese nuclear scientists discussed cooperation on a fusion reactor project

In Russian: http://m.inform.kz/ru/article/3507228-kazahstanskie-i-yaponskie-yaderschiki-obsudili-sotrudnichestvo-po-proektu-mezhdunarodnogo-termoyadernogo-reaktora

Last year, Kazakhstan delivered more than 260 thousand tons of oil to Uzbekistan

In Russian: https://dknews.kz/neft/za-proslyi-god-kazahstan-postavil-v-uzbekistan-bolee-260-tysac-tonn-nefti.html

Growth in violations during coal transport in Pavlodar region

In Russian: https://dknews.kz/regiony/cislo-narusenii-pri-perevozke-ugla-rastet-v-pavlodarskoi-oblasti.html

Kazmunaygas and Eni agreed to develop the Abay oil field in the Caspian Sea

In Russian:

US $ 11.5 million solar power plant to be built in South Kazakhstan

In Russian: https://kapital.kz/economic/76565/na-yuge-kazahstana-postroyat-solnechnuyu-elektrostanciyu-za-11-5-mln.html

Oil cannot be replaced

In Russian:

Kazakhstan increased gas supplies to Russia and China

In Russian:

Hydropower plants in Eastern Kazakhstan are preparing for environmental releases

In Russian:

Kazakhstan plans to fully digitize its energy sector in five years

In Russian:

Turkmenistan

Çalık Enerji to modernize turbines at the Mary power plant

In Russian:

Turkmenistan and Pakistan ink main agreement on TAPI

In English:

Metropolitan energy enterprise Gosenergonadzor gets a settlement center

In Russian:

Work is ongoing on the strategy for the development of the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries

In Russian:

Russia supplies gas meters to Turkmenistan

In English:

EU welcomes Turkmen policy on diversification of energy supplies

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Other regional news

Central Asia Workshop on Long-Term Capacity Expansion Planning with a High Share of Renewables

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Analysis

Profitable or unpromising: why does Uzbekistan need a nuclear power plant

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/economic/vygodno-ili-opasno-i-bespers/

Analysis of the Kazakh electricity and coal market for January 2019

In Russian:

Why is green energy developing at a slow pace in Kazakhstan’s Karaganda region?

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