DUSHANBE, August 13, 2013, Asia-Plus – On Tuesday August 13, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and German Ambassador to Tajikistan, Mr. Green, opened 220-kV Switchyards at Nurek Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), press release issued by KfW Development Bank says.
KfW Development Bank, on behalf of the German Government, has provided a loan of EUR 18 million and a grant of EUR 7 million for the project.
The Nurek HPP with a capacity of 3,000 MW is the largest hydropower plant in Central Asia and it produces over 75 percent of Tajikistan”s electricity.
Being constructed in 1974 to a site facing the risks of subsidence and landslides, the operational reliability of the Power Plant was at risk. The objective of the project was to increase the operational safety of Nurek HPP and to contribute sustainably to an electricity supply based on a renewable source.
The project comprises the replacement of 220-kV Switchyard by a new gas-insulated system, new control, protection and auxiliary equipment as well as consultancy services for the Project Implementation Unit Barqi Tojik (the state-owned utility responsible for generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity in Tajikistan).
In a process of tender, the German engineering company Fichtner was selected as consultant and the French ALSTOM as project supplier.
KfW is one of the world”s leading and most experienced promotional banks. Established in 1948 as a public law institution, KfW is owned 80% by the Federal Republic of Germany and 20% by the federal states.
KfW Development Bank is Germany”s leading development bank and an integral part of KfW. lt carries out Germany”s Financial Cooperation (FC) with developing countries on behalf of the Federal Government. The 600 personnel at headquarters and about 200 specialists in its 66 local offices cooperate with patners all over the world. lts goal is to combat poverty, secure the peace, protect the environment and the climate and make globalization fair, KfW is a competent and strategic advisor on current development issues.
