Trend.az reported that Mr Ovezdurdy Chashayev has been appointed as the new director of Mary State Power Plant in Turkmenistan.
The enterprise is working under the Turkmenenergo State Electric Energy Corporation. The corresponding decree was signed by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov.
Sectorial facilitators were instructed to take all necessary measures to address deficiencies in the plant, as well as to carry out repair work. It was also instructed that preparation proposals be submitted for the construction of a new modern power plant in the city of Mary and new substations in the Ashgabat Anau, Hojambaz district and the village of Zergyar in the Serdarabat district of the Lebap region.
According to preliminary data, in 2012 electricity production in Turkmenistan reached 19,189 kW/h. The growth rate of production will be 105 per cent compared to 2011.
At present, the installed capacity of all power plants in Turkmenistan's power supply system is 4104 MW, including modern gas turbine generators producing 1643 MW, or 40%
