DUSHANBE, January 22, 2013, Asia-Plus  -- Gul Sherali, Minister of Energy and Industries of Tajikistan, yesterday met here with top managers of the Chinese company, Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Company Limited (TBEA), the press center of the Ministry of Energy and Industries (MoEI) reports.

Issues related to speeding up the work on construction of a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Dushanbe was a major topic of the talks.

The first 50 MW unit of the Dushanbe-2 CHP plant is expected to be introduced into operation in autumn this year.  A total capacity of this coal-powered plant, which is being built in the Luchob area of the capital, will be 200 megawatt.

Construction of the coal-powered plant is reportedly in compliance with Tajikistan’s environmental regulations.

Tajikistan relies almost exclusively on hydropower to generate electricity, which becomes scarce in the winter months when rivers freeze and water reservoir levels drop.

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.