BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 20
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Turkmenistan’s Mary State Power Plant produced 11.7 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2020, Trend reports with reference to the Business Turkmenistan information portal.
The power engineers of the station maintain the volume of electric current generated per day in the range of 36 million kilowatt-hours.
The power plant has all the capabilities to supply the current of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) power transmission line with a voltage of 220 kV.
As reported, Turkmenistan is expected to grow electricity exports by 8.7 percent by 2025.
The construction of new power plants, power transmission lines, modern transformer substations, and switchgear will contribute to the growth of exports.
Earlier, the Turkmen Ministry of Energy said that there are opportunities to transit Turkmen electricity through Afghanistan to Tajikistan, Pakistan, and India.
Turkmenistan plans to generate up to 35.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity by 2030.
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