DUSHANBE, April 3, 2013, Asia-Plus – Pavel Lavrov, formerly Deputy Head of the Board for Investment and Development, Joint-Stock Company (JSC) Ekibastuz GRES-2, has been appointed director general of Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Sangtudinskaya GES-1, replacing Sergey Kobtsev.
The press center of OJSC Sangtudinskaya GES-1 reports that Sergey Kobtsev has been appointed director general of JSC Telasi (Georgia).
OJSC Sangtudinskaya GES-1 operates the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in Tajikistan.
Russia’s Inter RAO YeES and the Ministry of Energy and Industries of Tajikistan signed an agreement on the establishment of Russian-Tajik OJSC Sangtudinskaya GES-1 in Dushanbe on February 16, 2005. The company was established to complete the construction of the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power plant (HPP).
The Sangtuda-1 HPP is located on the Vakhsh River. Construction commenced during the Soviet period in the 1980s, but halted in the beginning of the 1990s due to lack of financing when the station was about 20% complete. An agreement with Russia allowed restarting the construction, with four units entering service in 2008–2009. The plant was officially commissioned on July 31, 2009. The plant now reportedly provides around 15% of Tajikistan”s electricity output.
