Barqi Tojik

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Barqi Tojik
legal form Joint-stock company
Seat Dushanbe
Number of employees > 12000
Branch energy
Website http://www.barqitojik.tj/en/index.php

Barqi Tojik ( Tajik Барқи Тоҷик Barqi Todschik ) is a state-owned energy company in Tajikistan . The company is organized as a state-owned joint-stock company and has its headquarters in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe .

history

The company already existed as a state corporation in the Soviet era and at that time belonged completely to the Soviet Union . On August 27, 1991, all shares were transferred to the new state of Tajikistan, which officially became independent on September 9th.

activity

Barqi Tojik is active in the fields of power generation, power transmission and regional power trading. The company produces electricity primarily through 44 turbines in five hydropower plants, which make an important contribution to the national energy mix in mountainous Tajikistan. The Group's hydropower plants also include the Nurek Dam , the second highest dam in the world. Barqi Tojik is also involved in major regional projects such as the CASA-1000 power line between Central and South Asia . In addition, the group is working with the support of the World Bank on a project to reduce energy losses in Tajikistan. In 2018, the group generated revenues of $ 222 million from generating electricity. Energy exports also play an important role for the company. The main customer countries are Uzbekistan , Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan . Income from these exports, which accounted for 12.1% of the national electricity generation, was $ 77 million. In view of the poor energy supply in Tajikistan, the increasing energy exports also caused criticism.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barki Tojik. Retrieved February 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ These are the highest dam walls in the world - ingenieur.de. February 15, 2017, accessed February 24, 2019 .
  3. ↑ CASA-1000. Retrieved February 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Projects: AF ENERGY LOSS REDUCTION | The World Bank. Retrieved February 24, 2019 .
  5. ^ Projects. Retrieved February 24, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Despite energy shortages: Tajikistan earns $ 77 million from electricity exports. In: Novastan German. February 19, 2019, accessed on February 24, 2019 (German).