Ashgabat and Mary, Turkmenistan – From 31 March to 4 April 2025, experts and international consultants of the European Union (EU) funded project “Sustainable Energy Connectivity in Central Asia (SECCA)” visited Turkmenistan.
During this visit, the team held meetings with representatives of the Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan and the UNDP Project “Sustainable Cities in Turkmenistan: Integrated Green Urban Development in Ashgabat and Awaza” to review the previous joint activities and discuss future plans for 2025. As part of the technical assistance provided, the experts also delivered the first technical report – “Recommendations on Safety Measures during the Operation of Electric Power Facilities” – to the Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan.
In collaboration with the Ministry of Energy, SECCA organised two international conferences:
- On 2 April 2025 in Ashgabat, titled “Decision Support in the Energy Sector for the Sustainable Energy Development in Turkmenistan”, and
- On 4 April 2025 in Mary, titled “System-Thinking for Integrated Energy and Climate Analysis: Study of Peculiarities of Sustainable Energy Development in Turkmenistan”.
Following SECCA’s regional workshops on energy modelling, and at the request of the Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan, these conferences focused on introducing participants to the data/statistics-related presentation, as well as energy and climate policy modelling. The events were attended by specialists from the Ministry of Energy and faculty members of the State Energy Institute of Turkmenistan.
As part of their mission, SECCA experts also visited the construction site of the new State Energy Institute building in Mary. They reviewed the implementation of energy efficiency technologies and discussed the potential for issuing a “Green Certificate” to the facility upon its completion.
