Tajikistan has significantly increased the supply of electricity to its neighbors

Tajikistan in the first quarter of this year exported electricity worth more than $8.6 million, which is 17.5% more than in the same period in 2022, the country's Agency for Statistics reports. In the first three months of 2022, Tajik electricity was supplied abroad in the amount of $7.3 million.

Tajikistan, within the framework of the agreements, according to Barki Tojik, supplies electricity to Afghanistan (all year round) and to Uzbekistan only in the spring and summer (from May to August).

The contract for 2022 with Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) provided for the daily supply of Tajik electricity to Afghan consumers up to 400 MW in May-August and 40 MW in September-April.

  This is due to the fact that during the autumn-winter period there is not enough electricity even to provide domestic consumers. Residents in rural areas face power cuts, usually from the beginning of autumn until the end of March, and sometimes the cut continues into April.

In the summer, the republic has large surpluses of water and energy resources, part of which is dumped at the hydroelectric power plant for nothing.

According to the statistical agency, in the first three months of this year, over 5.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were produced in the republic, which is 1.6% more compared to the same period in 2022.

About 88.4% of electricity was generated by hydroelectric power plants, 11.6% - by thermal power plants. Solar power plants produced only 80 thousand sour-hours in three months, which is 0.001% of the total output.