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SinoHydro signs MoU to finance and construct $300 million Nurobad-2 Hydroelectric Power Plant Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$422,533,825
Commitment Year•2008Country of Activity•TajikistanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•TajikistanSector•EnergyFlow Type•Loan

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Pledge

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Aug 27, 2008

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Ultimate beneficial owners

At least 25% host country ownership

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Tajikistan

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Tajikistan

State-owned companies

  • Sinohydro Corporation Limited

Loan desecription

SinoHydro signs MoU to finance and construct $300 million Nurobad-2 Hydroelectric Power Plant Project

Interest type•Unknown

Narrative

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Project narrative

On August 27, 2008, the Chinese Government pledged to provide a $300 million loan for the Nurobad-2 hydroelectric power plant. The agreement was reached during talks between Chinese leader Hu Jintao and Tajik President Imomali Rakhmon. The planned power plant, Nurobad-2, would have capacity of between 160 and 200 megawatts. China's Sinohydro was the implementing contractor of the project. The proposed Nurabad-2 Hydro Power Project lies in the Tavildara District of the Region of Central Republican Subordination, Tajikistan. It was one of the two projects envisaged for harnessing the hydropower potential of River Obihingou. Nurobad-2 HPP was the upstream power scheme and Nurobad-1 was the downstream power scheme. The Nurabad-2 HPP area was 205 kilometers away from Dushanbe. Nurobad-2 was to be built near the confluence of the Surkhob and Khingob rivers, two tributaries of the Vakhsh, Tajikistan's largest river, according to Interfax. It appears that a Chinese Government loan agreement was never finalized for this project.