BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, April 7. Kyrgyzstan’s
renewable power capability reached 3,210 MW in 2023, Pattern reviews.
The Worldwide Renewable Power Company (IRENA) reported a
15.4 p.c enhance within the nation’s renewable power capability
over the earlier years of 2022 and 2021, which stood at 2,780
MW.
Nonetheless, there was a 12 p.c decline from the upper projections
of three,674 MW in 2020 and three,673 MW in 2019 and 2018. Kyrgyzstan’s
renewable power capability peaked in 2017 at 3,689 MW, spanning the
years 2014–2023.
By way of energy output, Kyrgyzstan’s State Statistical Committee
reported over 3.434 billion kWh from January to February 2024. This
represents an 8.2-percent drop in comparison with the identical interval in
2022.
Nearly all of Kyrgyzstan’s electrical energy is generated by
hydroelectric energy crops. Russian Rosatom, the State Atomic
Power Company, is presently planning to construct plenty of
small hydroelectric energy stations alongside the Chandalash River in
Kyrgyzstan, with a complete capability of as much as 24 MW, with operations
deliberate to start in 2025.
One other notable hydropower undertaking within the nation is the
Kambarata-1 HPP, situated on the Naryn River. This undertaking, deliberate
to turn into considered one of Central Asia’s best hydropower undertakings,
is designed to have a capability of 1,860 MW and a reservoir quantity
of 5.4 billion cubic meters, with an estimated annual electrical energy
era of 5.6 billion kWh. Kyrgyzstan signed a take care of the
World Financial institution in November 2023 for $5 million in technical assist to
revise the feasibility evaluation for the Kambarata-1 HPP.
