Representatives of Afghanistan’s private sector and officials from United Nations agencies in a two-day event in Kabul underscored the urgent need for expanding investment in the...
Pakistan will allocate 2,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity in the first phase of a national initiative to power bitcoin mining and AI data centres, its finance...
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar launched the implementation of a 10-megawatt solar power project in Afghanistan’s eastern Laghman province on Thursday....
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The National Electric Networks of Uzbekistan says no plans have been made to amend the tariffs of electricity exported to Afghanistan
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A Chinese company has expressed interest to invest in building a hydroelectric dam on the Kokcha River in northeastern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Energy and Water...
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The Ministry of Energy and Water on Sunday signed an agreement for feasibility, geophysics and geotechnical studies of the Baghdara Dam in Kapisa province with Metallurgical...
The project, with a generation capacity of 10 MW, aims to enhance domestic electricity production, leverage readily available resources for power generation, and attract further investments.
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The projects will be implemented by local companies with a total investment of $18.7 million. Once completed, the substation will supply 250,000 residential and business clients...
Arghandi substation project is scheduled to be completed within two years, and it will supply electricity to Kabul and 12 provinces.
He stressed that they will implement six other big dams in Takhar, Herat, Ghazni and Baghlan provinces next year.
The Chinese businessman said the project would create about 1,000 jobs.
Currently, 40 percent of Herat's electricity is provided by Turkmenistan and 60 percent by Iran, but the province's need is around 220 megawatts.
According to them, if the power company does not solve the problem, people will face more challenges.
The dam will reserve 54 million cubic meters of water.