Turkmenistan's National Renewable Energy Development Strategy being developed
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The first meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group on the Development of the National Strategy of Turkmenistan on the Development of Renewable Energy (RES) was held on Thursday in a video conference format with the participation of international organizations, the website of our foreign ministry reports.The meeting was attended by heads and representatives of the ministries of foreign affairs, energy, finance and economics, agriculture and environmental protection, construction and architecture of Turkmenistan, State concerns “Turkmengas”, “Turkmennebit”.The meeting was also attended by the Director of the Country Support and Partnership Department of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Gurbuz Gonul, the head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, Ambassador Natalya Drozd and UNDP representatives.During the meeting, the participants spoke on the topics: “Global trends and prospects for the use of renewable energy sources in Turkmenistan”, “Ways of developing renewable energy in Turkmenistan”, “Implementation of scientific projects based on renewable energy sources”, “Using international experience to develop the National Strategy of Turkmenistan on the development of renewable energy. "Presentations were also made on the activities of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat in providing support in the field of renewable energy development, and on the prospects for cooperation between the Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan and UNDP on the development of renewable energy sources.During the discussion of the draft content of the National Strategy, the participants exchanged views on global trends and the current state of renewable energy development.
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