Hydro Post (hydropost.org) is an English-language publication covering hydropower development, policy, and science across the post-Soviet region — Russia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova.
We exist because this region is largely invisible in international energy media. Hydropower outlets like Hydro Review or IHA’s own communications mention Central Asia and the Caucasus only in passing. Yet this is precisely where some of the most consequential hydropower decisions of the coming decades are being made: the Rogun dam in Tajikistan, set to become one of the tallest in the world; the long-delayed Kambarata-1 in Kyrgyzstan, now moving toward construction with World Bank support; modernization programmes across Uzbekistan funded by Chinese and European capital; Georgia navigating a disputed $400 million arbitration over a major hydropower contract. None of this gets the sustained professional English-language coverage it deserves.
Hydro Post fills that gap.
What we cover
News — We track developments across all twelve countries of the post-Soviet hydropower space: project announcements, financing decisions, regulatory changes, equipment contracts, environmental incidents, and transboundary disputes. Our News draws on the established reporting infrastructure of hydropost.ru, extended to cover Georgia and Ukraine alongside the CIS states.
Research — Our signature section translates peer-reviewed science into readable, policy-relevant analysis. Every Research article connects academic findings — on greenhouse gas emissions from reservoirs, river ecosystem impacts, climate risks to hydropower generation, social consequences of dam construction — to the specific rivers, projects, and policy debates of the post-Soviet region. We do not publish science for science’s sake. We publish science because planners, donors, and policymakers in this region need to know what the evidence says.
Who we write for
Our readers are professionals who need reliable, regionally specific information in English: specialists at the International Hydropower Association, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, GIZ, and other international organizations active in Central Asia and the Caucasus; researchers studying water, energy, and climate in Eurasia; journalists covering energy transition and environmental policy; and investors and developers assessing projects in the region.
We are not a trade publication that celebrates every megawatt installed. We are not an advocacy outlet that opposes every dam built. We report what is happening and what the evidence shows — including when projects fall short of their promises, when environmental assessments are inadequate, and when transboundary tensions go unaddressed.
Why this region, why now
The post-Soviet states collectively hold some of the world’s largest untapped hydropower potential. Central Asia alone faces an acute energy crisis in which hydropower modernization is widely seen as essential to regional stability. At the same time, international climate commitments, the growing role of Chinese financing, and a new generation of environmental justice movements are reshaping what hydropower development looks like — and who gets to decide.
The International Hydropower Association maintains a dedicated regional office for the Caucasus and is deepening its engagement across Central Asia. The World Bank, ADB, and European donors are financing projects that carry both significant development potential and significant environmental risk. Transboundary river disputes — over the Syr Darya, the Amu Darya, the Kura — are among the most politically sensitive water conflicts in the world.
This is not a backwater. It is a region where hydropower policy is actively being made, contested, and funded. It deserves a publication that treats it seriously.
About us
Hydro Post is published by the EnergoMedia News Agency team behind hydropost.ru, Russian-language specialized hydropower news outlet in Kazakhstan. We bring to this publication more than a decade of sourcing, contacts, and editorial experience in post-Soviet energy media — combined with a commitment to making that knowledge accessible to the international community.
We welcome press releases, research submissions, and expert commentary from organizations and researchers working across the region. We are open to media partnership with international institutions covering hydropower, water, and energy in Eurasia.
For inquiries, contact us at: editor@hydropost.org