Energy crisis reaches the boiling point
Nurek reservoir covered with snow.
Tajikistan is going to have more problems with electricity supply in the beginning of February. Unfortunately, no information agency reports on that except AsiaPlus but the article on its website is available only for the subscribers. However, I know from people who read this article that water in Nurek reservoir will be enough to generate electricity only until 8th of February.
If the remaining water will be used, then the Nurek hydropower station will be in trouble. Barki Tojik reports that after 8 of February the station will work only on Vakhsh river flow but the amount of generated electricity will dramatically decrease. Nurek station is generating more than 80 per cent of electricity in the country and if it poorly functions than we are going to have an even shaper energy crisis.
Meanwhile our president talked to the president of Turkmenistan (rus) Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov and asked for assistance in solving the sharp energy crisis in the country. And he promised to assist him. Kyrgyzstan also promised to help after our Prime Minister Okil Okilov asked its Minister of Energy to export some electricity to Tajikistan. (rus) However, I’m afraid that even if Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan start exporting more electricity to Tajikistan the problem will not be solved.
on January 29th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Dear Vadim,
There are links to your postings on tajikistanweb.com
Would be glad to hear more from you.
All the best,
Darius
on January 30th, 2008 at 5:32 am
As far as I know, Nurek turbines function only under certain amount of pressure and the level of water is getting to the point insufficient to ’start the car’. if i am not mistaken, Kyrgyz and Turkmen brothers will export more energy as far as possible. The question is - how much is that ‘possible’?
However the weather is getting warmer with every day and logically the water level should increase in the reservoirs. Hopefully Nurek will not totally stop working.
on January 30th, 2008 at 5:37 am
Yes, I hope it will not happen. This would be a catastrophe. Today is relatively warm outside and it’s going to get warmer. So I guess the level of water in the reservoir will stop decreasing.
on January 30th, 2008 at 5:39 am
Darius, thanks for this. I’m glad for this. Is this your website? It would be great to meet with you if you’re in the country.
on January 30th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Hi Vadim
How are you? How about your family? I hope they would be great in this cold days.
I always come here to read your views. thank you for your writings and pictures.
But regarding your new writing, I believe the energy problem crossed the crisis border. The capital is the city of darkness at nights even the central and main street (Roudaki), I don’t know about other areas but it seems the situation is worse than Dushanbe. I`m sorry about the vulnerable people even in capital that have less than 2 hours electricity per day and this situation increases discontents.
You cant solve this problem by asking other countries assistance. You should solve it yourself, change the conditions.
By the way, i`m the subscriber of Asia-plus. If you need any article please tell me then I send it for you. I would be glad to contribute in your writings. You are my friend.
Have a good days and I hope the wheatear get warmer. I heard Tajikistan has a nice spring. I wait for that days!
on February 1st, 2008 at 5:54 am
Thanks Hamed, I’m fine.
I’m also sure that no one is going to solve our problem except us and the more we will turn a blind eye to our problems, the harder it will be to solve them.
on February 12th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Dear Vadim,
Yes, the website is mine. Would be nice to meet up, yeah:)