Kyrgyzstan Sets May 2026 Tender for 15 Small Hydropower Plants
The Green Energy Fund under the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan has announced a new date for a tender to allocate land plots for the construction of fifteen small hydroelectric power plants. The auction is scheduled for May 20, 2026, in Bishkek. The procedure was restarted after the unexpected cancellation of the April auction, which did not take place due to unspecified force majeure circumstances.
In late March, the agency canceled the bidding scheduled for the first half of April, exercising its right to withdraw the application five days before the start. At that time, the single package of fifteen lots included twelve hydropower sites from the current list, as well as three large-scale solar power projects in the Issyk-Kul, Batken, and Jalal-Abad regions. The total capacity of the excluded solar facilities was projected at 1,300 megawatts. Officials did not disclose the reasons for the force majeure event. In the revised May tender, the solar generation megaprojects are absent, and the list has been supplemented with three new small hydroelectric power plants.
The updated list is entirely focused on hydropower. The total declared capacity of the future stations exceeds 120 megawatts. The largest generation facility, with a capacity of 35 megawatts, is planned for construction in the Kadamjay district of the Batken region. A plot is also being allocated in the same district for the 6.4-megawatt Isfayram Small HPP. Major energy facilities are also expected in the Osh region, where investors are offered land for the 22.5-megawatt Altyn-Kazyk Small HPP and a 12-megawatt facility in the Shut forest tract.
The Issyk-Kul region is represented by five lots. The largest plots are reserved for an 11.1-megawatt hydroelectric power plant in the Karakol forestry enterprise and the 9-megawatt Ak-Say Small HPP project. The remaining sites in the Jeti-Oguz and Ton districts are designated for less powerful facilities. Land for power generation is also being distributed in the Toktogul district of the Jalal-Abad region, where the Terek-Suu Small HPP is scheduled for development. The tender further encompasses the Talas, Chui, and Naryn regions with projects ranging from 2 to 8 megawatts.
The acceptance of documents from prospective bidders will continue until May 18 at the Bishkek office of the Green Energy Fund on Erkindik Boulevard. Whether the large solar power plants excluded from the list will later be put up for separate auctions remains unspecified – the current materials do not clarify this matter.
