Editing Dushanbe (section)

=== Electricity ===
[[File:The tallest dam in the world - 304 m (984 ft) - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Nurek Dam]]

In the 1930s, the use of [[hydroelectricity]] began to take off in Dushanbe, leading it to be one of the most advanced in terms of [[Energy in the Soviet Union|energy production in the Soviet Union]] at the time; today, 96% of Tajikistan's power comes from hydroelectricity.<ref name="Bankwatch-2020">{{Cite web|title=A second coal fired power plant for the Tajik capital|url=https://bankwatch.org/blog/a-second-coal-fired-power-plant-for-the-tajik-capital|access-date=2020-09-18|website=Bankwatch}}</ref><ref name="ИМРӮЗ-1520">{{Cite web|title=ИМРӮЗ — РӮЗИ ЭНЕРГЕТИКҲО. Дар давраи Истиқлолият иқтидори истеҳсолии соҳа бе назардошти НБО "Роғун" 1520 МВт зиёд шуд {{!}} АМИТ "Ховар"|url=https://khovar.tj/2019/12/imr-z-r-zi-energetik-o-dar-davrai-isti-loliyat-i-tidori-iste-solii-so-a-be-nazardoshti-nbo-ro-un-1520-mvt-ziyod-shud/|access-date=2020-09-18|language=ru|archive-date=27 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927202136/https://khovar.tj/2019/12/imr-z-r-zi-energetik-o-dar-davrai-isti-loliyat-i-tidori-iste-solii-so-a-be-nazardoshti-nbo-ro-un-1520-mvt-ziyod-shud/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In Dushanbe, 990 million kWh were generated in 1980 which reached 1161 million kWh in 1985 but decreased significantly in 2001.<ref name="Dushanbe Encyc-2004d" />

In 2007, there was a major energy crisis because of the cold winter in Dushanbe that rendered Dushanbe's Soviet-era [[List of power stations in Tajikistan|energy system]] ineffective and caused a severe crisis due to lack of heating.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Crisis Looms as Bitter Cold, Blackouts Hit Tajikistan|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18784716|access-date=2020-09-18|website=NPR.org}}</ref> Since 2007, there have been energy shortages during the winter in Dushanbe.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Fields|first1=Daryl|url=https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/15795/796160PUB0REPL00Box377374B00PUBLIC0.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|title=Tajikistan's Winter Energy Crisis|last2=Kochnakyan|first2=Artur|last3=Mukhamedova|first3=Takhmina|last4=Stuggins|first4=Gary|last5=Besant-Jones|first5=John|publisher=[[World Bank]]|year=2013|location=Washington D.C.|doi=10.1596/978-0-8213-9967-5|hdl=10986/15795 |isbn=978-0-8213-9967-5}}</ref> In 2009, Tajikistan's energy trade with other countries was suspended, and in 2012, natural gas imports from Uzbekistan were cut off, which further exacerbated the crisis, although the natural gas imports were restored in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uzbekistan resumes gas deliveries to Tajikistan {{!}} Eurasianet|url=https://eurasianet.org/uzbekistan-resumes-gas-deliveries-to-tajikistan|access-date=2020-09-18|website=eurasianet.org}}</ref> The [[Nurek Dam|Nurek hydroelectric dam]], as of 2016, provides around 3/4 of the country's power.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tajikistan Hit By Three-Hour Nationwide Blackout|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikistan-nationwide-blackout-hydro-plant/28081189.html|access-date=2020-09-18|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=28 October 2016 }}</ref> New hydroelectric plants are being planned<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tajikistan Experiences Rolling Blackouts Amid Freezing Winter Temperatures|url=https://jamestown.org/program/tajikistan-experiences-rolling-blackouts-amid-freezing-winter-temperatures/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=Jamestown}}</ref> and in 2017, the government proclaimed an end to the rolling blackouts;<ref name="ИМРӮЗ-1520" /> however, in 2020, rolling blackouts continued.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Two streets and two neighborhood units of Tajik capital will be left without electricity for several hours today – Tajikistan News Gazette|url=https://tajikistannewsgazette.com/two-streets-and-two-neighborhood-units-of-tajik-capital-will-be-left-without-electricity-for-several-hours-today/|access-date=2020-11-29|archive-date=12 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212212438/https://tajikistannewsgazette.com/two-streets-and-two-neighborhood-units-of-tajik-capital-will-be-left-without-electricity-for-several-hours-today/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Barqi Tojik]] is the major energy producer for the city and produces 75% of the electricity in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alstom Wins 500 kV Substation Project Using GIS Tech in Tajikistan - The Gazette of Central Asia|url=http://gca.satrapia.com/+alstom-wins-500-kv-substation-project-using-gis-tech-in-tajikistan+|access-date=2020-09-18|website=gca.satrapia.com}}</ref> To alleviate the energy crisis, a second coal plant for the city is planned with extensive Chinese involvement, but has been criticized for pollution and negative environmental effects.<ref name="Bankwatch-2020" />

Varzob's three power plants generated 150 million kWh per year in 2004, and Dushanbe's power supply, built on the idea of a double ring, has an outer ring of power transmission lines from [[Nurek Dam]] to Dushanbe to [[Yovon]] at a voltage of 220&nbsp;kW and an inner ring which covers the perimeter of the city and consists of 110&nbsp;kW power lines.<ref name="Dushanbe Encyc-2004d">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65068362|title=Dushanbe : ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡|publisher=Glavnai︠a︡ nauchnai︠a︡ redakt︠s︡ii︠a︡ Tadzhikskoĭ nat︠s︡ionalʹnoĭ ėnt︠s︡iklopedii|others=Dinorshoev, Muso.|year=2004|isbn=5-89870-071-4|location=Dushanbe|chapter=Economic Outline|oclc=65068362|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028115236/http://dushanbe.tj/img/ENS.doc|archive-date=28 October 2010}}</ref>