Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, April 20
By Huseyn Hasanov- Trend:
The new power plant to be commissioned in Turkmenistan's Lebap province will allow to increase the volume of electricity export from this country to Afghanistan, a message from the government of Turkmenistan said on April 18.
The issue regarding the export of Turkmenistan's electricity to Afghanistan was discussed during the meeting of the country's Cabinet of Ministers, according to the message from Turkmen government.
During the meeting, it was stressed that the ceremony of commissioning of the gas-turbine thermal power plant will take place in Lebap province in early May.
"The new power plant will allow to increase the volume of export of Turkmen electricity to Afghanistan," the government message said citing the statement of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
Berdimuhamedov said in February 2014 that Turkmenistan is ready to consider the proposals to increase the supply of its electricity to Afghanistan.
Electricity is one of the leading branches of Turkmenistan's economy. Currently, the work on expanding exports to Iran and Turkey is underway. The possibilities of its transportation to Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and Caucasian countries are being studied.
Turkmenistan plans to increase the volume of electricity generation to 27.4 billion kilowatt/hours by 2020 and to 35.5 billion kilowatt/hours by 2030.