DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, February 1. The fast
financial progress of the nation and the impacts of local weather change
are the primary causes for restrictions on supplying electrical energy to
the inhabitants, Tajikistan’s Minister of Vitality and Water
Sources, Daler Juma, mentioned throughout a press convention, Development
stories.
”The first cause is the nation’s financial improvement, whose
progress amounted to eight.3 p.c in 2023. Almost all socio-economic
sectors are progressing, and the demand for electrical energy is
rising,” defined the minister.
He talked about that one other issue is local weather change, which has
decreased water influx into the nation’s rivers lately. The
minister highlighted that the precipitation quantity within the present
autumn-winter season has decreased by virtually 95 p.c in comparison with
the identical interval in 2022–2023.
The minister famous that this has adversely affected the water
influx within the Vakhsh river, the place a lot of the nation’s energy
services are positioned. About 95 p.c of the electrical energy is
generated by hydropower crops, with the remaining portion coming
from thermal and photo voltaic stations in smaller capacities.
In rural areas, the place roughly 70 p.c of the nation’s
inhabitants resides, electrical energy has been supplied in restricted
portions since September 20 of final yr. Folks in these areas
obtain electrical energy for 3 hours within the morning and 5 hours within the
night.
Furthermore, Tajikistan elevated electrical energy tariffs beginning
January 1, 2024. Shoppers now pay 30.75 dirams ($0.028) per
kilowatt-hour, which is 16 p.c greater than earlier than.