Estonia: Elering announces tender for designing and building Estonian-Latvian power connection

As part of building the third power connection between Estonia and Latvia, Estonian power grid operator Elering has announced a procurement tender for designing and constructing the Estonian side of the project. “The new Estonian-Latvian power connection is notable because a project important from the energy security and market standpoint will be carried out without…

Azerbaijan: another 26 agroparks to be built

It is planned to build another 26 agroparks in Azerbaijan, the country’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said. He said that the agroparks would be built in 19 districts of Azerbaijan. A variety of processing and manufacturing enterprises are planned to be built in these agroparks. Currently, the work is underway in Azerbaijan to create ‘Yalama’…

Turkmenistan: large gas refinery being built

Construction of a large refinery that will produce gasoline from natural gas continues at a fast pace in Ovadan-Depe town in Ahal province of Turkmenistan. The construction of the refinery started in 2015. The project’s customer is the country’s Turkmengas State Concern. The project’s contractors are Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd and the Turkish Ronesans…

Belarus: Amkodor and Saleo to build 3 plants in 2017

Minsk-based OAO Amkodor and Belarus’ Saleo Group plan to build three new plants in 2017 and implement other projects with a total investment portfolio of $500 million, Igor Kayuda, Amkodor’s Director for Innovations and Investments, reported. Chinese credits will account for 80% of project investments. As previously reported, Amkodor and Saleo Group signed three contracts…