Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rogun, Tajikistan – From Dushanbe, the journey to Rogun begins like many journeys in Tajikistan. You approach the edges of the ...

The numbers are not adding up at Tajikistan’s signature infrastructure project, the Rogun Dam. An independent audit of the project’s financial statements has found a $540 million accounting gap and ...

Despite a preponderance of data on the high level of financial and environmental risks, the World Bank has opted to become a major financial backer of the Rogun hydropower dam project in Tajikistan, ...

When Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov unleashed the notion of a resource war four years ago, heads turned internationally. Discussing the region’s ongoing water disputes, Karimov noted that “all ...

Tajikistan’s Rogun Dam is planned to become the tallest dam in the world and a source of energy independence for millions. But the $6 billion project also brings debt, displacement, environmental risk ...

Building the Rogun Dam to its maximum height would be an economic and environmental disaster for Tajikistan and the region. A mix of renewable energy sources and a smaller Rogun Dam would be a more ...

The Rogun Dam, located on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan, is one of the most ambitious hydropower projects in the world, let alone in Central Asia. Designed to be the world's tallest dam, with a ...

Tajikistan has officially started the construction of the Rogun Dam, a massive project that, if completed, would be the world's tallest and should give the Central Asian nation a stable energy supply.

The day after a nearly nation-wide blackout, Tajikistan officially began (again) construction on the Rogun dam. To mark the occasion, President Emomali Rahmon drove a bulldozer, pushing a pile of dirt ...

Rogun, Tajikistan – From Dushanbe, the journey to Rogun begins like many journeys in Tajikistan. You approach the edges of the capital with its wide, quiet streets and tidy parks, then the ...

(Eurasianet) — Despite a preponderance of data on the high-level of financial and environmental risks, the World Bank has opted to become a major financial backer of the Rogun hydropower dam project ...