Tajikistan to change policy on small HPPs construction
By Aynur Jafarova
Tajikistan's specialized government agencies are reviewing a policy on the construction of small hydropower plants (HPP).
The news was announced by local Tajik media which quoted a source in the energy as saying on March 26.
The source said Tajikistan will apply the changes when designing the construction of small HPPs.
While the existence of water in summer was taken into account when designing the HPPs before, they will now be constructed in places where rivers have sufficient volume of water to generate electricity during the winter.
Experts believe that water freezes or disappears in winter, which causes power shortages in Tajikistan when demand for power increases due to the cold weather.
"Such work is conducted for the efficient year-round operation of HPPs. Also, special attention will be paid to ordering energy equipment for these HPPs," the source noted.
The number of constructed small HPPs currently exceeds 305 units with a total capacity of 25.5 MW.
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