Boland Hydropower

  Minister of Energy and Industry of Kyrgyzstan Kubanychbek Turdubayev met with an Uzbek delegation headed by Uzbek Minister of Energy Alisher Sultanov, trend reports citing Karba. The meeting was held as part of the implementation of agreements reached between Presidents of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov and Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. In his welcoming speech, Minister Turdubayev noted with great satisfaction that the agreements reached the day before are beginning to be implemented today. In turn, Minister of Energy of Uzbekistan Alisher Sultanov noted the great potential between the specialized state bodies of the two countries, which should be implemented in the near future. During the meeting, the sides decided to sign a protocol decision on the establishment of a joint coordinating committee between the ministries to develop a comprehensive program of step-by-step actions ("road map") on the implementation of the Kambarata HPP-1 project, as well as cooperation in the coal

  The Iranian and Azerbaijani officials have agreed to move ahead with the construction of dams and hydropower plants on the border river of Araz, which were recently liberated from Armenia's occupation during the Second Karabakh War. Plans for the new plants, known as "Khudafarin" and "Qiz Qalasi" (meaning maiden tower in Azerbaijani), were approved during the third meeting of the technical working group of Iran and Azerbaijan. Construction operations were reviewed by technical experts from both countries, as well as representatives from Azerbaijan Amelioration and Water Farm Company and Azerenerji, the leading power generator and distribution company in Azerbaijan, according to ISNA news agency. He added that the Khudafarin dam is one of the largest earth-fill embankment dams in the northwest of the country with the capacity to hold 1 billion 612 million cubic meters of water on the Araz River. The dam's regulated water volume is 2 billion cubic meters, wi