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Bayat Power Begins Generating Affordable Electricity for Afghans
Kabul, Afghanistan — November 12, 2019 — Bayat Power, Afghanistan’s largest, Afghan-owned and operated Power Production Company announced today that Bayat Power-1, the region’s most technologically advanced gas fired electric power plant — and Afghanistan’s first new gas based power production plant in more than forty years — has officially started commercial operations of its vital and historic mission to provide reliable and affordable electric power to the people of Afghanistan.
Located in Sherberghan, Afghanistan — the proud epicenter of the nation’s gas-rich region — Bayat Power-1 is the company leading the resurgence of Afghanistan’s domestic power production industry. This pioneering project, built and led by Afghans, will provide the power essential for Afghanistan’s economic growth.
Powered by the brand new Siemens SGT-A45 ‘Fast Power’ turbine — the world’s most advanced mobile gas to energy power solution — phase one of Bayat Power-1’s operations will generate up to 41 megawatts of power for Afghan homes and businesses. When all three phases of Bayat Power-1 are operational, the plant will generate more than 200 megawatts of electricity — enough to serve millions of Afghan residential and commercial clients.
“Starting today, Bayat Power-1 — our nation’s first new gas fired power plant in more than four decades — is providing affordable, reliable power to Afghan families and companies across the nation,” said Dr. Ehsan Bayat, the Founder of Bayat Power and the Chairman of the Bayat Group.
“Bayat Power 1 is meant to pioneer a new industry and serve the first step in the redevelopment of an Afghan energy sector that will be operated by Afghans, expanded by Afghans and dedicated to accelerating Afghanistan’s economic development,” Dr. Bayat said.
“Today, everyone at Bayat Power and The Bayat Group is determined that Bayat Power-1 will help all Afghans move forward together to a shared future of prosperity, innovation, and growth; a future that is bright with light generated by Bayat Power-1, and rich with bountiful opportunity and progress for all Afghans.”
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Pakistan, Uzbekistan reaffirm commitment over rail project
Pakistan and Uzbekistan on Wednesday reaffirmed their commitment to early implementation of the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan Railways project which will boost trade within the region.
In a statement issued by Pakistan’s foreign office after a meeting in Islamabad between visiting Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov and Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar, the project “would give boost to bilateral and regional trade and become a bridge between South and Central Asia.”
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also met with Saidov and emphasized the importance of the railway project and Pakistan’s commitment to its early completion.
Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan had in February 2021 agreed to build a railway line across Afghanistan to connect Central Asia with Pakistani ports at an estimated cost of $4.8bn.
The railway project, spanning 760 kms, is scheduled for completion by the end of 2027, with the capability to transport up to 15 million tonnes of goods annually by 2030.
This rail link will notably decrease cargo delivery time between Uzbekistan and Pakistan by around five days, while also slashing transportation costs by at least 40 percent.
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Tatarstan businessmen keen to invest in Afghanistan’s oil and gas sector
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum says that the head of the ministry has met with a number of visiting businessmen and representatives of oil and gas processing companies from the Republic of Tatarstan.
The ministry said at the recent meeting, the visiting businessmen outlined their experience and work in the field of oil and gas extraction and processing.
In a post on X, the ministry quoted the Tatarstan group as having acknowledged an “orderly system” in Afghanistan with complete security and favorable grounds to invest.
The visitors said at the meeting their companies are considering the possibility of investing in the survey, exploration and extraction processes of oil and gas in the country, as well as the refinement stage.
Shahabuddin Delawer, Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, welcomed the group’s enthusiasm and said “fortunately, Afghanistan has rich oil and gas resources in various areas,” adding that currently agreements are being drawn up regarding Herat’s oil and gas blocks – something which Tatarstan businessmen could invest in.
Delaware said that the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum is ready to cooperate in accordance with the relevant laws in order to facilitate investment.
Tatarstan, officially the Republic of Tatarstan, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe.
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Afghanistan and Turkmenistan firms sign over 10 contracts on construction, food materials
Afghanistan and Turkmenistan companies have signed more than 10 contracts and two memorandums of understanding on construction materials, including iron bars, paint, marble and food materials.
The contracts were signed during the trip of a Turkmen business delegation to Herat province and in the presence of Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce.
“There is excellent opportunity for the expansion of trade and economic relations between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, which both sides should take full advantage of,” Azizi said at the signing ceremony of these contracts, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce on Tuesday.
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce pointed out that the contracts were inked as a follow-up to visit of the acting minister to Turkmenistan and meeting with its national leader Gurbanguly Berdi Mohammadov.
Earlier, the delegation from Turkmenistan’s private sector said that their goal is to expand economic relations between the private sectors of the two countries. They said they are hoping to buy hundreds of tons of construction materials from Afghan industrialists every year.
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