DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, August 28. The first two generating units of the Rogun hydropower plant (HPP) have produced 9.1 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity to date, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon said during a meeting with workers of the plant and local officials in Rogun, Trend reports via the presidential administration.
According to the president, electricity output from the two units amounted to 2.1 billion somoni ($219 million). Since the beginning of 2025, about 4.3 billion somoni ($448 million) has been allocated from the state budget for construction works, while total government and external funding for the project since 2008 has exceeded 48.1 billion somoni ($5 billion).
The Rogun HPP, located on the Vakhsh river, is designed to include six generating units, bringing the total installed capacity to 3,780 MW upon full completion, according to the Rogun HPP company. The first unit was launched on November 16, 2018, and the second unit was commissioned on September 9, 2019. Earlier reports had estimated the total installed capacity of the Rogun HPP at 3,600 MW upon full completion.
Sustainable financing for the Rogun HPP project is part of a multiphase program estimated at approximately $6.3 billion. The first phase, valued at $3.39 billion, is financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), the OPEC Fund for International Development, the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), and other financial institutions.
Once completed, the plant will feature a 335-meter-high dam and a reservoir with a capacity of 13.3 cubic kilometers, enabling it to generate an average of 14,400 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity annually.
Most recently, Tajikistan signed a $50 million concessional loan agreement with the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) to support the plant’s construction.
