Tajikistan pushes for $1 billion power grid project to Afghanistan
The President of Tajikistan proposed to the World Bank to connect the energy systems of Central and South Asia for a billion dollars at COP28
The CASA-1000 power transmission line project from Tajikistan to Afghanistan and Pakistan should continue, says Tajik President Emomali Rahmon. He advanced this idea in a conversation with World Bank President Ajay Banga during the COP28 climate conference in Dubai.
The leader of the Turkmen nation believes that the resumption of the project will unite the energy markets of Central and South Asia.
It is planned to finance the CASA-1000 project with the active participation of several major global financial systems, including the World Bank, the project involves the unification of the energy transmission networks of Central and South Asia in terms of electricity exports. The cost of CASA-1000 is estimated at one billion dollars, the planned length of the networks should be 1227 kilometers.
In 2021, the implementation of part of the project in Afghanistan was stopped when the government there changed; the decision to continue work on this site is planned to be resumed before the end of this year. Moreover, Afghanistan accounts for the longest part of the power transmission lines – 570 kilometers.
Source: Oil Capital
