The Turkish company Chalyk Energy (Çalık Enerji) is developing a state-of-the-art Eco Village at the Altyn Asyr Lake of Turkmenistan. Altyn Asyr (also spelled Altin Asir) is one of the largest manmade lakes in the world. A massive cluster of main, secondary, and tertiary channels collects the agricultural wastewater and rain catchment water from all […]
ADB and Saudi ACWA POWER inked a loan agreement on the construction of two wind farms in Uzbekistan
The projects claim to be the largest in the field of wind development in the region The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and ACWA Power Company (ACWA) signed $174 million worth of loans to develop the Bash wind power and Dzhankeldy wind power plants, both located in the Bukhara region in Uzbekistan, ADB said. The financing […]
UNECE: Central Asia would need a massive shift rather than a massive increase in investment to reach net zero by 2050
Today, fossil fuels account for 95% of total energy supply in the 5 countries of Central Asia – – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – that are members of UNECE. A massive shift away from fossil fuels and towards renewable sources will be needed for countries to comply with their obligations under the Paris […]
EDB will provide USD 600 million of investment for renewables over next three years
The EDB (Eurasian Development Bank) has decided to invest USD 600 million in the renewable energy projects during the next three years. The announcement was by Albrecht Conrad, Head of the EDB Directorate of Sustainable Development, at the UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Geneva, says a press release of EDB. Conrad said, “With […]
The EU prioritizes the green energy development and efficient use of water and energy resources in Central Asia
Representatives of the Governments of Central Asian countries, the European Union and EU Member States responsible for environmental, climate change and water policy, international, regional and non-governmental organizations will hold the Seventh EU–Central Asia High-level Conference in Rome on 23-24 February 2023. The Head of Cooperation of the EU Delegation to Kazakhstan Johannes Baur told […]
Turkmenistan Energy Outlook 2030 – Chapter from CAREC Report – Part Four
This is Part Four of the chapter on Turkmenistan of the recently issued CAREC Energy Outlook 2030 report. The complete report is available at this link: https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/850111/carec-energy-outlook-2030.pdf Technology Outlook Priority Technologies: Generation Priority technologies in Turkmenistan were selected based on the country’s targets and its commitment to including more renewable energy sources in the mix. […]
Turkmenistan continues to undertake efforts on development of green energy
The science and higher education is actively involved in the process of practical application of green energy’s best practices in Turkmenistan. Candidate of Technical Sciences Kakageldy Sariyev, director of the Research and Production Center “Renewable Energy Sources” of the State Energy Institute of Turkmenistan writes about this in his article published in the newspaper “Neutral […]
In 2023, Kazakhstan will produce 4.5 bln kwh of electricity from renewables
This year Kazakhstan is planning to develop 15 renewable power source projects with total capacity of 257 megawatt. This was reported by several media sources including Kazinform and Kabar of Kazakhstan, quoting the Kazakh Energy Minister Bolat Akchulakov. In 2022, Kazakhstan brought on line 12 renewables power projects with total capacity of 385 megawatt. This […]
Turkmen students conduct experiments in the field of renewable energy
The State Energy Institute of Turkmenistan (SEIT), based in Mary, has a faculty of advanced training of production specialists. Scientific seminars on modeling and management of energy systems are held on weekly basis at the university, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports. At one of these seminars, M.Yakubov, a 4th-year student of the Faculty of Physics […]
Saudi ACWA Power has bagged 1500-MW wind power project in Uzbekistan. This is 5th power project of ACWA Power in Uzbekistan
The ACWA Power of Saudi Arabia has won the contract to build a 1500-megawatt wind power plant in the Karakalpakstan region of Uzbekistan. This is the fifth power project of ACWA Power in Uzbekistan. The project cost of the Karakalpakstan project is USD 1500 million. This brings the total value of the ACWA Power projects […]
Karakum dunes: accumulators of “clean” energy
Begench Karayev, Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan The two-week UN Global Forum on Climate Change (COP-27) with the participation of delegations from 170 countries of the world took place in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh. One of the urgent issues on the agenda is the ways to […]
Turkmen-UAE partnership on renewables enters new stage
Masdar, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, and Turkmenenergo State Power Corporation of the Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan have inked an agreement to develop a 100 megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, which will be the company’s first project in Turkmenistan. The signing was attended by President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Dr. […]
Turkmenistan and UAE discuss cooperation in renewable energy sector
The delegation of UAE-based Masdar Company, a global leader in renewable energy, is on visit to Ashgabat. On Wednesday, 7 September, the delegation had negotiations with the head of the State Bank for Foreign Economic Activity of Turkmenistan Rahimberdi Jabbarov, reported the UAE Embassy in social nets. The meeting was held as part of the […]
The world is burning. We need a renewables revolution.
The only true path to energy security, stable power prices, prosperity and a livable planet lies in abandoning polluting fossil fuels and accelerating the renewables-based energy transition. By António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations Nero was famously accused of fiddling while Rome burned. Today, some leaders are doing worse. They are throwing fuel on […]
Turkmenistan’s vast potential of renewables – First solar-wind power plant contract awarded
nCa Report The Turkish company Chalyk Energy (Çalik Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.) has won the tender to build the first solar-wind power plant of Turkmenistan with capacity of 10MW. It will be built in the Serdar district of Balkan province, serving the residential and other facilities along the shoreline of the Altyn Asyr lake, […]
Uzbekistan to build the largest wind power plant in Central Asia
Elvira Kadyrova Last week, the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan and the Masdar Company (UAE) signed an agreement to increase the design capacity of the ongoing project on wind power plants in Uzbekistan to 1.5 GW. According to the country’s minister of energy Alisher Sultanov, the wind farm will be the largest facility of its […]