The two Central Asian states seem to be in a predicament, where increased investment on the energy sector is needed
During October, ... ... Taalaibek Ibrayev to admit that there might not be enough water next year even for agriculture in the region, let alone for hydropower generation.
This directly affects the downstream countries, in particular Tajikistan, a nation that largely relies ...
... scale of the projects and the growing protests of Uzbekistan.
Mr. Karimov has qualified the project as "stupid"
and even announced the possibility of a regional water war, focusing the world community's attention on the problems of large hydropower plants, and more generally on Central Asian water resources. Experts are expecting a repeat assessment of the Rogun project by the World Bank, although it is not exactly clear in whose interests the work is being done. Various workshops and think tanks in Washington keep wondering ...
Water-Energy Problems in Central Asia
Aggravation of the water and energy problem (WEP) in Central Asia in the 1990s-2000s is the result of the transition from one energy and water exchange system, created in the Soviet time under the control from Moscow, to new relations in ...
... ties with neighboring counties who are large players on the energy market, first of all with Russia and PRC, Central Asian countries will hardly be able to resolve the problems of electric power industry.
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