DUSHANBE, October 14, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- The Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power plant (HPP) has generated 4 billion kWh of electricity since January 20, 2008, when the station’s first unit was introduced into operation, press released issued by open joint stock company (OJSC) Sangtudinskaya GES-1 on October 13.

In September, the station generated 100.33 million kWh of electricity, which is 18.7 percent more than in August.

During the summer period, an average daily electricity generation stood at 3.34 million kWh and in September, the average daily electricity generation increased to 3.6 million kWh.  

 The construction of the Sangtuda-1 hydropower plant located some 110 kilometers southeast of Dushanbe began in the late 1980s.  By the early 1990s, only 20% of the construction work had been completed, and further construction was suspended due to a civil war that broke out in Tajikistan in the early 1990s.  The talks between Russia and Tajikistan on completing the construction of the Sangtuda-1 HPP began in 2003 and in 2004 the parties signed an inter-governmental agreement.

The fourth and last unit of the Sangtuda-1 HPP was officially unveiled on July 31, 2009.  The power station with estimated capacity of 670MW is projected to generate 2.7 billion kWh of electricity per annum.