Chinese-Backed $260M Energy Project Begins in Kyrgyzstan

Construction of new energy infrastructure funded by Chinese capital has commenced in the Chatkal district of Kyrgyzstan’s Jalal-Abad region. The project, valued at nearly 260 million dollars, includes the development of a cascade of hydroelectric power plants and solar energy generation facilities.

The official launch of the project took place in the village of Kanysh-Kyya. A capsule-laying ceremony was attended by Tilek Tekebaev, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the region, Akylbek Japarov, the scientific director of the project, and delegates from the Chinese machinery corporation Sinomach. The involvement of a major foreign contractor is driven by the financial structure of the initiative – funding is secured through a public-private partnership.

Initial construction operations are currently underway at two locations. A five-megawatt municipal small hydroelectric power station is being built at the Kara-Korum site, designed to generate approximately twenty million kilowatt-hours annually. Simultaneously, a solar power plant is under construction in the village of Zhany-Bazar. This facility has a design capacity of one megawatt, which will supply an additional 1.6 million kilowatt-hours per year to the local grid.