Turkmenistan is implementing large-scale projects to create a ring energy system within the country and build combined cycle power plants, reports the newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan.
This will significantly increase exports of electricity generated from natural gas.
A combined cycle power plant is currently under construction in the city of Turkmenbashi in the Balkan region. The project, implemented by the Turkish company Çalik Enerji, will use 4 gas and 2 steam turbines with a total capacity of 1574 MW.
Combined cycle power generation is a new type of power generation characterised by an increased coefficient of performance (COP). Its essence is the generation of additional electricity by transferring the high-temperature fuel combustion products from the gas turbines to the steam turbines.
"The introduction of this modern technology is important from the point of view of the development of zero waste production in the country and also saves natural gas consumed for power generation".
Today, the country has 12 power plants with a total capacity of 7,000 MW, eight of which will be commissioned between 2013 and 2021.
In 2018, the first combined-cycle power plant was commissioned at the Mary power plant in southern Turkmenistan. This project was implemented by Çalik Enerji with the participation of General Electric (USA).
Turkmenistan sells electricity to Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan and is interested in new markets in the Caucasus, Turkey and South Asia. According to the plan, the country's total electricity production will reach 37.5bn kilowatt-hours in 2028, up from 28.4bn in 2021.
Eziz Boyarov
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