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According to a report from the monitoring and early notification center of the economic development ministry of Tajikistan, electricity production by power plants administered by Barki Tojik, the national power company of Tajikistan, was reduced by 23 million kilowatt hours during July, compared with July 2013. The lower production was a result of the reduction in energy demand by TALCO (Tajik Aluminium Company). The report also revealed that, during July, production volume was at 50.1 million kilowatt hours in 24 hours, with 168.4 million kilowatt hours provided to Afghanistan from power plants Sangtouda-1 and Sangtouda-2 through 220kW and 110kW channels. Approximately 11 percent of the electricity produced in Tajikistan is exported to Afghanistan, with around 1.5 million kilowatt hours of energy exported to Kyrgyzstan on a daily basis. TALCO dip leads to power reduction

The World Bank has approved a $500m loan to help Vietnam build and improve electricity transmission throughout the country. The project demands an investment of $731.25 million, of which $500 million will be provided by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank's lending arm for middle-income countries. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam will finance the remaining $231.25 million required for the project, which includes building over 1,000km of 220kV and 500kV transmission lines and providing smart grid support technologies. The World Bank believes that capacity buildingwill contribute to the development of a national power transmission company for the country. World Bank’s Vietnam funding

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