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DUSHANBE (TCA) — A four-day training programme on the Prevention of Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage (PITCH), organized by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) with the support of the Border Management Unit of the OSCE Project Office in Dushanbe, completed in Tajikistan last week.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The University of Central Asia’s (UCA) School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPCE) organised an event on March 28 where 30 alumni of UCA’s entrepreneurship programme pitched business project ideas and competed for financial awards. The eight best pitches received grants from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for further business development. Winning projects include bakery and pastry shops, souvenir production, women’s clothing, and furniture businesses.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — American ensemble Mariachi Champaña Nevin completed its tour in Turkmenistan with a standing room only concert in Ashgabat on March 29. The ensemble visited Turkmenistan March 24-31 and gave a series of workshops and concerts sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat, the Embassy said on April 2.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Installing solar panels on foresters’ houses and educating children and youth on sustainability and environmental protection are two recent ways in which Kyrgyzstan, together with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has set about upscaling its sustainable forest management.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Authorities in Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat prevent the residents from installing satellite aerials on the facades of residential buildings and occasionally order public utilities staff to dismantle the dishes from the walls. As a result, people are now installing the aerials on the ground in front of their houses, independent foreign-based news website Chronicles of Turkmenistan reports.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan plans to build 25 solar power plants with a capacity of 100 megawatts (MW) by 2030, with the first one to be completed in two years, Xinhua news agency reported citing an Uzbek energy official.
Uzbekistan will start construction of the country’s first 100 MW solar power plant in the Navoi region this year, Sherzod Khadjaev, deputy energy minister, told Uzbek state TV on April 1.
He said the country plans to complete the construction within two years, and that another 24 such power plants are planned to be built by 2030.
The government of Uzbekistan and SkyPower Global announced in 2018 the signing of a landmark solar power purchase agreement under which SkyPower Global will invest 1.3 billion U.S. dollars to build 1,000 MW of solar energy generation capacity throughout the country.
Khadjaev said that the country will produce 67.5 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity this year and expects the figure will reach 120 billion kWh in 2030.
The total potential of solar energy in Uzbekistan exceeds the equivalent of 51 billion tons of oil, according to expert estimates.
Uzbekistan also reached a deal with Russia in 2018 to build the country’s first nuclear power plant.
In power generation, Uzbekistan remains heavily dependent on coal- and natural gas-burning power plants, but the country aims to increase the share of renewable energy generation in the coming years.
