DUSHANBE, November 11, 2015, Asia-Plus – This year, the Dsuahnbe-2 combined heat and power (CHP) plant began generating electricity and heat on November 10.

“In the first weeks of operation, the plant will generate 80 MW of electricity and 60 gigacalories per day,” Nozir Yodgori, a spokesman for Barqi Tojik (national integrated power company), told Asia-Plus in an interview.

252,000 tons of coal have reportedly been delivered for the plant and it is expected to provide with heat more than 242 residential and nonresidential buildings in the city.

We will recall that the first 50 MW unit of the first line of the Dusahnbe-2 CHP plant was introduced into operation in January 2014 and the second 50 MW unit of the first line was introduced into operation on September 13, 2014.

The second line of the Dushanbe-2 CHP plant consists of two units with a total capacity of 300 MW and 270 gigacalories.

The plant’s second line will increase the plant’s capacity to 400 megawatt.

A total cost of the project is reportedly 30 million USD and it is being implemented due to a loan provided the Export-Import Bank of China.

TBEA, which is one of the largest electrical manufacturing groups in China, is building the Dushanbe-2 CHP plant.

This coal-powered plant is being built in the Luchob area of the Tajik capital.  Construction of the coal-powered plant is reportedly in compliance with Tajikistan’s environmental regulations.