Bishkek: Hydropower is one of the main directions of development of Kyrgyzstan. This potential of the republic is enormous, but it has not been fully exploited. The new authorities of the Kyrgyz Republic are making every effort to make the country work as a single mechanism.
It is worth mentioning that acting President of Kyrgyzstan, Speaker of the Jogorku Kenesh Talant Mamytov, as part of his working trip to the country’s Jalal-Abad Oblast, got acquainted with the project to commission the second block of the Kambar-Ata HPP-2 (Hydropower plant).
Acting head of state was informed that the main source of electricity in Kyrgyzstan is the Naryn River, where the following hydroelectric power plants are located – Toktogul, Kurpsay, Tash-Kumyr, Shamaldy-Sai, Uch-Korgon and Kambar-Ata-2. The total design capacity of the Kambar-Ata HPP-2 is 360 MW (three blocks at 120 MW each). Currently, the first 120 MW unit is operating here, which was officially commissioned on Aug. 30, 2010.
As a result of the search for investments to launch the second hydroelectric unit, an agreement was reached with the Eurasian Development Bank to attract soft loans from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development.
Hydraulic engineer Alexander Tonkikh told Kabar Agency that the development of the hydropower sector should become the most important area of work for the Kyrgyz authorities in the coming years. – Agencies
