Category: <span>Paris worth a dam?</span>

Tajikistan hit by an ice bomb: Melting glaciers threaten dams in Central Asia

Source: Rivers.Help! October 30, 2025 In the Tajikabad district of Tajikistan, a large mass of ice broke off from the glacier at the top of Ismoil Somoni peak. According to preliminary estimates, the size of the ice block is about two kilometers long, 25 meters high and up to 200 …

Pitfalls of the Rogun Hydro: What fate awaits the people resettled from the inundation zone?

The Rogun HPP construction project in Tajikistan, in its current form, involves the forced resettlement of up to 60,000 local residents from the inundation zone. These people must leave their homes and their land to start a new life from scratch. Proponents of the project insist that this is the …

Rogun Hydro construction costs for the optimists and pessimists

According to the press service of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, for construction of the Rogun Dam 4.3 billion somoni ($451 million) have been allocated from the state budget since the beginning of 2025. Based on newly available data, the RwB reevaluated the estimated construction costs and future …

The Oxymoron of “Sustainable Hydropower”: An Insider’s Perspective

A Critical Commentary on the “Global Horizon Scan of Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Hydropower” A recently published preprint, “Global Horizon Scan of Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Hydropower,” authored by Irene Boavida and 36 coauthors, offers a compelling look into the industry’s view of its own future. …

World Bank’s financing role in the Rogun Hydropower Plant facing scrutiny

Eurasianet. Apr 11, 2025 An aerial view of construction works at Rogun. (Photo: president.tj) The World Bank is under fire over allegations of impropriety in financing the Rogun Dam project in Tajikistan. Specifically, bank officials are facing accusations that they failed to comply with procedures to account for potential environmental …

State of Renewables: Hydropower is a Harmful Outsider

This week the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) released a new Report Renewable Capacity Statistics 2025. Its contents are very predictable, almost boring: a new wave of unprecedented growth in renewable capacity installation in 2024. The 585 GW addition of RE last year holds a 92.5% share of the total …