OREANDA-NEWS. October 04, 2010. III International Exhibition and Conference on the Key Vectors in Development of Power Industry in Turkmenistan organized by the Ministry of Energy and Industry and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan was opened at the Exhibition Centre. 

The welcoming statement of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to participants of the international forums created a solemn atmosphere during the opening ceremony. The cabinet ministers, deputies of the national Parliament, high-ranking officials of relevant ministries and departments took part in the ceremony.

In his welcoming address to the Turkmen leader expressed belief that the exhibition and conference “will give incentives to reach new heights in boosting the power sector, modernize its technological infrastructure, present the current state and the strategy for developing the domestic power sector to the world community and contribute to deepening mutually advantageous interstate cooperation, specifying the key fields of fruitful contacts with companies interested, promote exchange of views and experiences between Turkmen power engineers and their foreign counterparts.”

The large-scale exposition arranged on the vast territory of the Exhibition Centre included over a hundred of stands and pavilions of various foreign companies, corporations, Turkmen energy companies and departments of allied industries, and Turkmen entrepreneurs.

The reputable representation of foreign participants including world-renowned companies, long-term as well as potential partners of our country, illustrates keen interest of the international business community in the energy exhibition

These include GENERAL ELECTRIC, ENERGY (US), SIEMENS AG (Germany), BEE ENERGY GROUP (UK), TESAR (Italy), SERGI HOLDING (France), ALSTOM (Switzerland), Joint Stock Corporation Baltic Energy Company (Russia) and many others from such countries as Turkey, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Iran, Kazakhstan and the regions of the Russian Federation.

Each participant tried to showcase the potential of a company or enterprise, successful projects and latest scientific and industrial developments, future projects and technologies for developing safe and efficient energy system, concrete proposals for collaboration in Turkmenistan.

Presentations of partners’ potential from the first minutes turned into a lively exchange of views on important issues, talks involving responsible persons and collective discussion of the prospects for cooperation.

The topics under discussion included know-how and intelligence systems developed by experts in compliance with the environmental standards. The demand for innovations combining the strategy and mechanism for their realization became a notable feature of the exhibition that testifies to the establishment of a new way of thinking in such capital-intensive industry such as energy, where adoption of new developments is justified only by practical benefit and safety. For Turkmen specialists, concretization of practical benefits rather than abstract theories became the criterion for evaluating these projects.

The expositions of the Ministry of Energy and Industry of Turkmenistan and its structural divisions, numerous enterprises operating in this sector of Turkmen economy showcasing their achievements, successful projects and innovations developed by Turkmen engineers were of peculiar interest for the guests of our country.

In the afternoon the conference focusing on the vectors of development of Turkmen power sector and promotion of mutually advantageous international cooperation in this field was opened in the conference hall of the Exhibition Centre.

During the conference foreign participants became acquainted with the basic aspects of Turkmenistan’s energy strategy and the vectors of the implementation of the comprehensive programme for modernisation of existing power supply networks, enhancement of power generation capacities and export potential. Such issues as application of advanced technologies and state-of-the-art equipment, optimization of energy systems and enhancement of their efficiency, profitability of innovations and other aspects of the energy policy were discussed.

The most important idea stated at the conference was that the increased energy potential of Turkmenistan along with the real steps and the measures taken by the national leader Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to develop transnational infrastructure of reliable energy supply inspired profound respect and admiration, and, consequently, evoked intense interest of investors, business communities, large-scale companies in other states in establishing and expanding cooperation on a long-term basis. In this regard not only economic returns, which are an engine and guarantee of fruitful contacts, but also contribution to addressing energy challenges on the global agenda, the future of our planet are of particular importance.

Moving towards the progress and common wellbeing with every passing year our country finds more like-minded, serious and reliable partners as this is evidenced by the exhibition and conference, which will continue to work tomorrow. However, the first day leaves no doubts that the outcomes of the forums will add positive dynamics to the development of the national energy sector and international cooperation on this platform.