CAREC countries are rich in natural resources, but uneven distribution of such resources — compounded by inadequate infrastructure — means some countries continue to face shortages. Regional energy cooperation is an opportunity for<\/p>\n

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• integration of energy markets to overcome the impact of uneven distribution of energy resources,<\/li>\n
• optimizing existing energy interrelationships, and<\/li>\n
• developing least-cost solutions to energy constraints.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Energy cooperation is stimulated by the availability of attractive energy markets in eastern and southern People’s Republic of China, Pakistan, India, and Iran, along with new strategic transit opportunities for oil and gas through Turkey, Georgia, and the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n

  CAREC Energy\u00a0Strategy 2030<\/a> seeks to enable<\/p>\n

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  • energy security through the balanced development of the region’s energy infrastructure and institutions, and stronger integration of the region’s energy markets to make available adequate volumes of commercial energy to all in a reliable, affordable, financially sustainable, and environmentally sound manner; and<\/li>\n
  • economic growth through energy trade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    View CAREC Energy Sector Progress Report (August 2023 – May 2024) – ENG<\/a> | RUS<\/a> | CHN<\/a><\/p>\n

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    As of December 202<\/span>5<\/span>, CAREC has invested<\/span><\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/span>$12.4 billion<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in 68 projects<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that are mostly aimed at expanding bilateral electricity trade and improving the regional power network that aim to support growth in ongoing trade.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    View all CAREC Energy projects<\/a><\/p>\n

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    CAREC countries are rich in natural resources, but uneven distribution of such resources — compounded by inadequate infrastructure — means some countries continue to face shortages. Regional energy cooperation is an opportunity for integration of energy markets to overcome the impact of uneven distribution of energy resources, optimizing existing energy interrelationships, and developing least-cost solutions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13587,"parent":13245,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sector.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.carecprogram.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.carecprogram.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.carecprogram.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.carecprogram.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.carecprogram.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.carecprogram.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.carecprogram.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.carecprogram.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}