Tajikistan’s dam opens
Régis Genté,
February 2017
Today, Tajikistan will open the first of six turbines in its Rogun hydroelectric dam. Dreamed up by the USSR, the Rogun project has been in the works for over 60 years. During that time, the electricity supply in Tajikistan has been unreliable, impeding the nation’s aluminium production and driving workers to (...) →