INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Tajikistan says it has exported $82 million worth of electricity to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan between January and August this
year.According to Tajik media reports, this is a drop of almost $3 million against the same period last year
Electricity production in Tajikistan, for export, during this period totalled 15.4 billion kilowatt hours
Of this amount, 80 percent was exported to Afghanistan and the remaining 20 percent to Uzbekistan.Tajikistan signed electricity export
contracts with these two neighboring countries in 2024
Tajikistan only exports electricity to Uzbekistan in the summer, but mostly exports electricity to Afghanistan in autumn and
winter.Afghanistan imports up to 70% of its electricity needs from neighboring countries including Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and
Iran.Earlier this year, the State-owned Corporations said that during the last year, Da Afghanistan Breshna (DABS) has produced a total of
1.2 million megawatts of electricity and imported a total of 5.6 million megawatts of electricity from neighboring countries.The post
Tajikistan’s electricity exports to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan drop against last year first appeared on Ariana News.
