Uzbekistan Plans To Import Large Amount Of Electricity From Tajikistan In 2023
Date
5/20/2023 1:03:11 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 20. Uzbekistan plans to
import 1.285 billion kWh of electricity from Tajikistan from May
through September 2023, trend reports.
The relevant agreement was signed by the National Electric
Networks of Uzbekistan and Barki Tojik, national energy company of
Tajikistan, on May 12.
According to the Uzbek company, the country resumed electricity
imports from Tajikistan in 2018 to maintain an uninterrupted supply
of electricity to consumers.
National Electric Networks of Uzbekistan says that the country
imported electricity from Tajikistan in the following periods:
- from April through September 2018 - 1.48 billion
kWh;
- from April through October 2019 - 1.425 billion
kWh;
- from May through September 2020 - 566.7 million
kWh;
- from May through September 2021 - 1.146 billion
kWh;
- from April through September 2022 - 823.2 million
kWh.
Notably, the supply of energy from Tajikistan to Uzbekistan was
partially suspended on July 2020, due to a decrease in the water
level of the Vakhsh River by 50 percent and a decrease in the water
level at the Nurek hydropower plant (HPP).
According to the statistical agency of Uzbekistan, the
electricity generation in Uzbekistan amounted to 18.5 billion kWh
from January through March 2023, which is a decrease of 5 percent
compared to 19.5 billion kWh in the same period of 2022.
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