Energy Security of Hydropower Producing Countries—The Cases of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan

Energy security, as one of the most important components state is a permanent element academic debates and political discussions. Owing to multidimensional multifaceted nature energy defining it complex process, requiring consideration wide range factors straddling economics, geology, ecology geopolitics which decide whether we are dealing with security or lack it. usually equated supply. Another group definitions focuses on concept services. A different approach issues presented by exporting countries, whose objective ensure sufficiently high stable income from sales resource exports (security demand). The subject this paper an analysis hydropower-producing countries—Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan. has been analyzed in context supply, services, demand basis proposed Llamosas Sovacool. So far, no work carried out analyse hydropower sectors Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan comparison both countries. It worth emphasising that their mutual relations point view stability entire Central Asian region. have large potential, which, if properly used, could cover domestic electricity surplus can be exported neighbouring Unfortunately, countries not utilising potential for time being. main difficulty area supply services seasonality low reliability supplies. Among reasons poor technical economic conditions companies result maintaining tariffs, irrecoverability consumers’ bills, theft, significant transmission loses level corruption. Although aspire role exporters, they themselves forced import neighboring