DUSHANBE, July 3, 2014, Asia-Plus – Ukraine’s Turboatom, which is the main supplier of hydropower equipment to Tajikistan, is expected to supply turbine shield for ring valve for the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP) this summer.
To-date, Turboatom has reportedly supplied two units with total capacity of 3.63 million kW, rotor wheel, ring valve 9.5 meters in diameter, spare parts for three units and 12 kits of hinged supports for radial gates to Tajikistan for the Roghun HPP.
Ukraine’s Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSK) Turboatom specializes in the production of turbines for thermoelectric and nuclear power stations, hydraulic turbines for hydroelectric power stations and hydro-accumulator stations, gas turbines for thermoelectric power stations, and steam-and-gas equipment as well as other energy equipment. A 75.22% stake in the enterprise belongs to the state and is managed by the State Property Fund.
Roghun Dam is an embankment dam in the preliminary stages of construction on the Vakhsh River in southern Tajikistan. It is one of the planned hydroelectric power plants of Vakhsh Cascade. Over three decades only preliminary construction has been carried out on the dam. Due to its controversial state, construction was suspended in August 2012 pending a World Bank report. The dam has drawn complaints from Uzbekistan downstream who fears it will negatively impact their lucrative cotton crops.
The hydroelectric power plant is expected to have six turbines with total capacity of 3,600 MW. When constructed, it expected to produce 13.3 TWh of electrical power per year.
