CASA-1000

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CASA-1000 is an infrastructure project that aims to build a high-voltage line between the Central Asian states of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and the South Asian states of Afghanistan and Pakistan . The total cost is approximately $ 1 billion .

Planning history

The concrete planning for the project began in 2013. In September, ministers from the participating states of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Pakistan met for a two-day conference in Islamabad, Pakistan . There the financing, social aspects and the environmental compatibility of the project were discussed. In September 2013, the United States agreed to support the project with US $ 15 million. Russia pledged US $ 500 million in December 2013. The World Bank and the Islamic Development Bank also support the project. The groundbreaking ceremony for the project took place on May 12, 2016 near Dushanbe . Present were the Tajik President Emomalij Rahmon , the Afghan Prime Minister Abdullah Abdullah , the then Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sooronbay Jeenbekove and the then Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif . In September 2018, a consortium made up of the Swiss group ABB and the Spanish company Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios SA was commissioned to build two substations for the project. Work on this is to begin at the beginning of 2019. The entire project should be completed by the end of 2020.

Position of Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan was hostile to the CASA-1000 project under former President Islom Karimov . The Uzbek government announced that it rejected CASA-1000 due to the connection between the project and the Rogun Dam in Tajikistan, which is supposed to produce the exported electricity, among other things. Uzbekistan fears the construction of the dam will result in a poor water supply. The new Uzbek President Shawkat Mirsiyoyev initiated a U- turn in the Uzbek position and pledged his support. He also offered to integrate the existing line between the Uzbek Surchan and Pol-e Chomri in Afghanistan into the project.

aims

The main objective of the project is to improve the security of supply in the participating countries of Central and South Asia. The power supply in Central Asia is unstable, especially in winter, but in summer the hydropower plants in the region produce more electricity than is needed. A high-voltage line to South Asia that can be used on both sides is intended to smooth out these fluctuations in supply. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, the power supply is also insecure, so that the import of electricity from Central Asia could increase the security of supply here too. The main route runs from Datka in the Kyrgyz province of Jalalabad via Khujand in northern Tajikistan to Dushanbe and on via a substation in Sangtuda, Tajikistan via Kunduz and Kabul to Peshawar in Pakistan.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CASA-1000 Energy Ministers Meet. Retrieved January 26, 2019 .
  2. ↑ US pledges $ 15mn to bring electricity to Pakistan, Afghanistan. In: Business Recorder. December 12, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2019 (American English).
  3. ↑ Casa-1000 formally inaugurated. In: Daily Times. May 16, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2019 (American English).
  4. ^ The CASA-1000 Project Crosses Another Important Milestone. Retrieved January 26, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Robin Roth: Uzbekistan is changing its position on the CASA-1000 energy project. In: Novastan German. January 15, 2019, accessed on January 26, 2019 (German).
  6. ^ The editors: CASA-1000: An electrical connection between Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. In: Novastan German. March 17, 2014, accessed on January 26, 2019 (German).
  7. ^ Projects: Central Asia South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project (CASA-1000) | The World Bank. Retrieved January 26, 2019 .