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EBRD provides new funds for energy efficiency in Kyrgyz Republic via KICB

The EBRD has provided new lending to Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank (KICB), one of its partner banks in the Kyrgyz Republic, to increase financing for energy efficiency projects.

EBRD invests in expansion of Green for Growth Fund

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is boosting the activities of the Green for Growth Fund (GGF) with an investment of 25 million euros, which will promote investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in south-eastern Europe and the European Neighborhood region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine).

ADB loans help PRC tackle surge in transport emissions

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed loans of up to $450 million equivalent to help the People’s Republic of China (PRC) scale up its use of natural gas for transport to curb fast-rising emissions from automobiles and river freight.

ADB warming up cold IMAR with low carbon, low emissions heating

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $150 million to introduce a first-of-its-kind low carbon and low emissions heating system utilizing natural gas and wind power, in Hohhot, capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

EBRD lends $30 million in tenge for Kazakh rail company Eastcomtrans

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is stepping up its efforts to support the private sector in Kazakhstan by providing a financing package equivalent to $30 million for one of the largest private railway operators in the country, Eastcomtrans LLP.

ADB continues support to improve electricity supply in Tajikistan

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $54 million grant to improve the electricity supply to households and industry in Tajikistan.

ADB to help modernize Kyrgyz Republic’s largest power plant

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending an assistance package of $110 million to help upgrade the Kyrgyz Republic’s largest power plant, Toktogul, which produces 40% of the country’s electricity supply and regulates power frequency for Central Asia.

For the first time in Kyrgyz Republic, EBRD, and EU celebrate sustainable energy achievements

The first awards ceremony for achievements in sustainable energy has been held in Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic, for work carried out under the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s Kyrgyz Sustainable Energy Financing Facility.

New TAPI pipeline company holds first board meeting, appoints chairman

The Board of Directors of TAPI Pipeline Company Limited (TPCL) held its first meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and appointed Mr. Mobin Saulat, Managing Director of Inter State Gas Systems (Private) Limited of Pakistan, as the Chairman of the Board for purposes of the meeting.

Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India establish landmark TAPI pipeline company

The four state gas companies of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India have established a company that will build, own and operate the planned 1,800-kilometer Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline.