Afghanistan Works to Boost Power Capacity Amid Ongoing Shortages

Afghanistan's acting minister of energy and water, Abdul Latif Mansoor, said on Sunday that his country will take new measures to improve the production of electricity, increasing capacity to 1,000 megawatts from its current 900. He made the remarks at the ground-breaking ceremony of 10-megawatt solar power plan in Naglo district, which lies 60 kilometers east of Kabul, Bakhtar News Agency reported.

Today, the power generated from domestic plants in Afghanistan amounts to 300 megawatts and still uses another 620 megawatts imported from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran, and Turkmenistan. Today, Afghanistan suffers a widespread crisis of power supply. The daily power cut for residents of Kabul lasts eight to ten hours.

In response, the Afghan administration has been expanding solar and gas power generation and constructing water dams across the country. Just weeks ago, officials broke ground on a 22.75-megawatt solar project outside Kabul. Supported by $18.2 million in private investment, the project is expected to be completed within 10 months.

This drive for more domestic power supply comes at a time when Afghanistan is facing critical infrastructure hurdles and striving to ease the load it has been carrying on its power supply grid.

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