BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 16. Turkmenistan has significantly increased the production and export of electricity from January through May 2023, Trend reports.
According to official data, this was announced by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Baymyrat Annamamedov at a government meeting.
He stressed that during the specified period, the growth rate of electricity production by the Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan amounted to 5.8 percent, and its export - 6.3 percent.
Furthermore, the Deputy Prime Minister noted that the plan for the manufacturing of products and the work performed within the framework of this ministry was fulfilled at the level of 110.1 percent.
Turkmenistan is actively integrating into the common energy system of Central Asia.
Turkmenistan is expected to significantly increase the volume of electricity exports by 8.7 percent by 2025. The achievement of this goal will be facilitated by the construction of new power plants, power transmission lines, modern transformer substations and energy distribution facilities.
Currently, Turkmen electricity is exported to Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, and this list of countries may continue to expand.