First 10 MW solar-wind power plant to be built in Turkmenistan
20:22 18.06.2021 14314
The country's first hybrid solar-wind power plant with a capacity of 10 megawatts will be built in Turkmenistan. Energy Minister Charymyrat Purchekov presented a new environmental project to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov this week.
The minister, in particular, said that the project of this innovative facility, which will be located on the territory of the artificial lake «Altyn Asyr», was developed by the research and production center of the State Energy Institute of Turkmenistan. Electricity on it will be generated exclusively from renewable energy sources.
The construction of the new power plant is provided for by the Action Plan for the implementation of the Concept for the development of the Turkmen Lake region «Altyn Asyr» in 2019-2025.
The minister also reported to the head of state on the plans to transfer the Akhal and Dashoguz power plants to combined management and on the construction of the Center for the repair and maintenance of power equipment in the Buzmeyin district of Ashgabat with a total area of over 29 thousand square meters.
The advantage of combined power plants is their high performance without additional costs of natural gas and environmental friendliness.
With the implementation of this work, the indicator of the efficiency of electricity production in the country will increase from 34% to 52%.
Summed up the results of seven months
In the Balkan region at the Central Office of the oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan, a reporting meeting was held in the format of a videoconference dedicated to the results of the work done in the first 7 months of this year.
Gas pipeline at Uchadzhi-Zerger section put into operation in Lebap region
In the Lebap region, a gas pipeline was put into operation at the Uchadzhi-Zerger section with a length of 125 kilometers. Its construction was carried out during this year by the specialists of the fifth construction and installation department of the «Turkmengundogarnebitgurlushyk» trust, the electronic edition «Turkmenistan: Golden Age» reports.
The Vice-Chairman of Turkmenistan discussed the upcoming Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Turkey summit and other events in Baku
On December 5, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan in Baku discussed the agenda of the trilateral summit Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Turkey, as well as meetings of the ministers of foreign affairs, transport and energy of the three countries, to be held next week in Avaza. This was reported on Tuesday by the website of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry.
International tender for the construction of a polyvinyl acetate plant has been announced
The state concern «Turkmengas» has announced an international tender for the design and construction of a «turnkey» gas chemical plant for the production of polyvinyl acetate in the Dashoguz region. The text of the tender was published in the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper.
At the exchange of Turkmenistan, the amount of foreign transactions exceeded 3.1 million US dollars
Over the past week, 9 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.