Turkmenistan Joins the Green Energy Race With Caspian Coast Power Project

By Eurasianet - Nov 05, 2025

• Turkmenistan has begun construction of a 1.6 GW combined-cycle power plant along its Caspian shoreline.
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• The project, involving international firms, aims to strengthen domestic supply and enable exports to Türkiye and the Caucasus.
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• The initiative aligns with regional efforts to establish a trans-Caspian electricity network linking Central Asia to the West.

Natural gas-rich Turkmenistan wants to join a regional green-energy trend. Officials have announced that construction of an energy-efficient power plant on the Caspian shoreline is underway, adding that the facility aims to produce enough electricity to meet domestic needs and export excess power westward.

Turkmen Energy Minister Annageldi Saparov, speaking at an economic forum on November 3, revealed that a combined-cycle power plant with a projected annual generating capacity of almost 1.6 gigawatts is in the works at an unspecified location on the Caspian coast. He said international companies were involved in the project, but did not name them.

Combined-cycle plants involve the use of a gas-powered turbine to generate electricity, then turning the residual heat created by that operation into steam, which is used to power a second turbine, thus generating additional electricity. 

“The successful implementation of this project will significantly increase the installed capacity of the Turkmen energy system, improve the energy supply to domestic consumers, and create additional opportunities for electricity exports to the Caucasus countries and Türkiye,” the government-connected Turkmenistan Golden Age new outlet quoted Saparov as saying.

During a November 2 meeting with the head of Turkish energy company Çalik Holding, Turkmen President Serdar Berdymukhamedov said Ashgabat hoped to eventually conclude an agreement with Turkey on electricity exports “across the Caspian Sea,” the official Turkmenistan Today news agency reported. 

The only viable way at present for Turkmenistan to export electricity to Turkey would be for Ashgabat to join the trans-Caspian power line project launched by Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Berdymukhamedov, in his November 2 comments, did not indicate whether Turkmen participation in the trans-Caspian venture has been raised with project sponsors.

By Eurasianet