December 9, 2024, Dushanbe. - The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Korean Institute of Technology Development signed a protocol of negotiations on "construction of solar power plants and energy storage facilities in Sughd region and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region." The Protocol was signed by Minister of Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan Daler Juma and Director General of the Industrial Technology Department of the Korean Institute of Technology Development Lim Byung Hyuk. The purpose of signing this document is to improve the electricity supply to residents of Sughd region and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. According to the protocol, it is planned to build solar power plants with a capacity of 6 MW and energy storage devices with a capacity of 1 MWh. At the same time, it is planned to build a solar power plant with a capacity of 3 MW with energy storage capacity of 0.5 MWh and a solar power plant with a capacity of 3 MW with energy storage capacity of 0.5 MWh on the territory of GBAO in the Sughd region.