DUSHANBE, November 3, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- Chinese company, Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co. Ltd, has begun to deliver equipment for construction of the 220-kV Khujand-Ayni power transmission line, according to Barqi Tojik power holding (Tajik electricity supplier).

“Representatives from TBEA say the practical implementation of the project will start in mid-November and the power grid will be finished in 1½ years,” said the source, “A total cost of the project is some 36.9 million U.S. dollars and it is financed by the Chinese side.”

The power grid, 118 kilometers in length, will connect the Zeravshan Valley to the 500-kV power transmission lie South-North and will help solve power supply problems in the area.

Xinjiang Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co. Ltd (TBEA) is one of the largest electrical manufacturing groups in China and the first floated stock company in Chinese A Shore Market in transmission industry of China after merging the former Hengyang Transformer Works ( a large-size stated company founded in 1958 and located in Hunan province, China), and well-known for manufacturing all kinds of high voltage power transmission, transformation and distribution equipments.

Under the administration of TBEA, there are 10 large backbone factories, 5 research institutes, 6 business entities and 8 participated enterprises.