Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2012

Vladimir Yasinskiy, Alexander Mironenkov, Tulegen Sarsembekov.“Water and Energy Problems in the Basins of Transboundary Riversin Central Asia and Prospects for the Development of HydropowerResources”Advanced Economic Cooperationin Sectors and IndustriesEach country is expected to provide financing for the facilities that are locatedin its territory and involved in the project. Thus, Afghanistan will provide $309million, Kyrgyzstan $196 million, Pakistan $197 million and Tajikistan $251million.CASA-1000’s main objective is to build transmission line interconnections. Theproposed facilities include a 477 km 500 kV Datka-Khujand transmission lineto connect the power grids of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan; a 350 km 500 kVKhujand-Rogun-Sangtuda line to connect Kyrgyzstan and Northern Tajikistanwith Tajikistan’s central regions; a 750 km 500 kV Sangtuda-Kunduz-PuliKhumri-Kabul-Peshawar line from Tajikistan through Pakistan to Afghanistan;and substations in Datka, Khujand, Sangtuda, Kabul and Peshawar.Within the framework of the CASAREM programme the 500 kV South-Northtransmission line was commissioned in Tajikistan, the 220 kV Tajikistan-Afghanistan line is currently under construction and a 500 kV Datka-Kemin-Almaty line is being planned to link Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.The regional project to construct the 220 kV Sangtuda-Puli Khumri transmissionline interconnection (Tajikistan-Afghanistan) includes the construction of a118 km Tajik section from Sangtuda-1 HPP to the state border and a 156 kmAfghan section. Construction has been completed in Tajikistan and is on-goingin Afghanistan.The 410 km 500 kV Datka-Kemin transmission line is scheduled for completionin 2012-2013. Kazakhstan plans to build a 500 kV Almaty-Kemin line(Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan).Uzbekistan also plans to build a number of small and medium hydropowerplants with an overall capacity of 937.6 MW in the medium term in order toincrease the share of hydropower resources in its fuel and energy balance.The Uzbek Ministry of Agriculture and Water Management is implementinga programme to build hydropower plants at the existing water reservoirs. TheAkhangara HPP (42 MW) was commissioned in Tashkent Province, the GissarakHPP (45 MW) in Qashqadarya Province, the Shakhimardan HPP (2.2 MW) onthe Koksu River in Ferghana Province, and the Gulba HPP (6 MW) in SamarkandProvince. When the second phase of the Tupolang HPP construction on theSurxondaryo River is completed, its total capacity will reach 175 MW. Theaggregate capacity of hydropower plants controlled by the ministry exceeds439 MW.Four new plants are scheduled to be commissioned in Tashkent Province before2015: the Lower Chatkal HPP on the Chatkal River (with a capacity of 100 MWand a cost of $105.5 million), the Akbulak HPP on the Akbulak River (60 MWand $62.8 million), the Kamchik HPP on the Akhangaran River (30 MW and$34.5 million), and the Irgailik-Sai HPP on the Ugam River (13.6 MW and $25Eurasian Development Bank225