OREANDA-NEWS. January 29, 2007. With the view to implement the National Programme on improvement of social and living conditions in villages, settlements, towns in the etraps and etrap centres and to improve electric power supply to Ashgabat and the Ahal Velayat the President of Turkmenistan issued the special Resolution authorizing the Turkmenenergo State Corporation affiliated with the Ministry of Energy and Industry of Turkmenistan in accordance with the results of the international tender to conclude the contract for design, construction and putting into operation the gas-turbine power station with the capacity of 254 MWt amounted to 120 million euro (excluding VAT) with the Turkish Company Lotus Proje Akaryakit Enerji Madencilik Telekominikasyon Insaat Sanayi Taahhut ve Ticaret A.S. 
The constructions works are to be started in March 2008 and the station is to be put into operation in February 2010.