EDB's monograph is used to prepare an international feasibility study for the Rogun HPP project
Almaty, 25 February 2013. Tajikistan is working proactively with international water resources and hydropower experts to assess the technical possibility, economic feasibility and environmental safety of hydropower projects, including the project to construct the Rogun hydroelectric power plant (HPP).
In particular, the World Bank, at the request of the Tajik government, is providing assistance, in accordance with international research standards, to assess the viability of the proposed Rogun HPP project. Research is conducted by international advisory firms selected by the Tajik government on a tender basis and financed in the framework of a project of the International Development Association with the support of the World Bank.
In the beginning of this year the international consortium of Coyne et Bellier (France), Electroconsult (Italy) and Ipa Energy+Water Economics (UK) has completed a hydrological study and published its results, which will be used as initial data for the feasibility study of the project to construct the Rogun HPP.
The study covers a wide range of issues, including the quality and reliability of hydrological information, the review of the most recent predictions for climate change and possible scenarios of the availability of water resources in the future.
The paper is based on a number of sources covering this topic, including Eurasian Development Bank’s monograph titled Investment Priorities of Cooperation in Trans-boundary River Basins in Central Asia (written by Vladimir Yasinsky, Alexander Mironenkov and Tulegen Sarsembekov), which analyses the issues of international law with respect to the construction of hydroelectric power facilities in trans-boundary rivers basins and proposes the areas of cooperation to promote an efficient use of water resources in the region.
The monograph is available at EDB’s website.
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