DUSHANBE, January 13, 2014, Asia-Plus — On Saturday January 11, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received Mr. Jiang Sin (phonetically spelled), top manager of China’s Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co. Ltd (TBEA), according to the Tajik president’s official website.
The sides reportedly discussed issues related to state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and TBEA.
To-date, TBEA has implemented a number of projects in Tajikistan, including construction of power transmission lines and power substations.
The first 50 MW unit of the Dushanbe-2 combined heat and power (CHP) plant was introduced into operation on January 10 and the second unit of the Dushaneb-2 CHP plant is expected to be introduced into operation during the first quarter of this year, increasing the plant’s capacity to 100 megawatt.
The sides also discussed opportunities of building two other units at the plant and increasing its total capacity to 400 megawatt.
We will recall that this coal-powered plant is being constructed within the framework of a trilateral agreement signed between the MoEI, China’s Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co. Ltd (TBEA) and Electronic Apparatus Dushanbe Mining Co Ltd. Monthly requirements of this facility in coal are 22,300 tons.
Construction of the coal-powered plant is reportedly in compliance with Tajikistan’s environmental regulations.
Tajikistan relies almost exclusively on hydropower to generate electricity, which becomes scarce in the winter months when rivers freeze and water reservoir levels drop.
Xinjiang Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co. Ltd (TBEA) is one of the largest electrical manufacturing groups in China and the first floated stock company in Chinese A Shore Market in transmission industry of China after merging the former Hengyang Transformer Works (a large-size stated company founded in 1958 and located in Hunan province, China), and well-known for manufacturing all kinds of high voltage power transmission, transformation and distribution equipments. Under the administration of TBEA, there are 10 large backbone factories, 5 research institutes, 6 business entities and 8 participated enterprises.
