TY - JOUR
T1 - The Water - Energy puzzle in central Asia
T2 - The Tajikistan perspective
AU - Laldjebaev, Murodbek
N1 - Funding Information:
In addition to water accumulation, these giant reservoirs performed an important economic function of generating electricity. The installed capacity of the Toktogul hydropower station (HPS) was 1200 megawatts (Zozulinsky, 2007). Nurek HPS has a total installed capacity of 3000 megawatts, the largest in the region (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2008). The capacity of Kayrakum is relatively smaller at 126 megawatts (State Agency for Hydrometeorolgy of Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, 2008). To put the numbers into perspective, Toktogul HPS accounts for 93% of electricity production in Kyrgyzstan (United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2009), while Nurek HPS generates over 70% of the electricity in Tajikistan (ADB, 2008).
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - The intricacy, interrelatedness, and complexity of the issues surrounding the management and use of Central Asia's natural resources call for a careful analysis of each issue. In this paper, the scope of the discussion will be restricted mainly to water-energy issues, and the focus will be primarily on Tajikistan. The significance of the discussion is intended for the ordinary people who suffer the consequences of the unresolved issues in the water and energy sectors. This paper aims to contribute towards demystifying the water-energy puzzle by searching for the sources of the problems as well as the avenues for their resolution.
AB - The intricacy, interrelatedness, and complexity of the issues surrounding the management and use of Central Asia's natural resources call for a careful analysis of each issue. In this paper, the scope of the discussion will be restricted mainly to water-energy issues, and the focus will be primarily on Tajikistan. The significance of the discussion is intended for the ordinary people who suffer the consequences of the unresolved issues in the water and energy sectors. This paper aims to contribute towards demystifying the water-energy puzzle by searching for the sources of the problems as well as the avenues for their resolution.
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U2 - 10.1080/07900620903391812
DO - 10.1080/07900620903391812
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77449123664
SN - 0790-0627
VL - 26
SP - 23
EP - 36
JO - International Journal of Water Resources Development
JF - International Journal of Water Resources Development
IS - 1
ER -
