DUSHANBE, April 6, 2012, Asia-Plus — On Thursday April 5, Mr. Gul Sherali, Minister of Energy and Industries of Tajikistan met here with Mr. Stephan Kohler, CEO, German Energy Agency (DENA).
According to the Ministry of Energy and Industries (MoEI), the sides discussed a number of issues related to expansion of bilateral cooperation.
DENA’s CEO reportedly noted that a meeting of German entrepreneurs with the President of Tajikistan and signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a MoEI provided additional opportunities for participation of German companies in enhancement of Tajikistan’s energy sector.
Mr. Kohler stressed that German companies were interested in establishment of business relations with the ministry and other relevant institutions of Tajikistan for joint implementation of energy projects in Tajikistan through FENA, the MoEI press center noted.
The sides expressed satisfaction with the results of cooperation and agreed to expand bilateral cooperation in this sphere, the source said.
According to information posted on DENA’s website, the German Energy Agency is the competence center for energy efficiency and renewable energies. DENA’s mission is to generate economic growth and maintain prosperity with ever lower energy inputs. If this is to be achieved, energy must be generated and used in both a national and international context as efficiently, safely and economically as possible with the least possible impact on climate.
Established in the autumn of 2000, DENA, with headquarters in Berlin, is developing energy efficiency and renewable energy markets in cooperation with stakeholders from the worlds of politics and business and from society at large. DENA primarily relies on market mechanisms and innovative energy services, backed up by appropriate regulatory policies and promotion programs. Shareholders in DENA are the Federal Republic of Germany, KfW Bankengruppe, Allianz SE, Deutsche Bank AG and DZ BANK AG.
