Russian Industry and Trade Ministry expects commissioning of Kyrgyz solar power plant built using Russian equipment within next 2 years

CHOLPON-ATA. Aug 15 (Interfax) - Russia has now delivered most of the high-tech equipment to be used in the construction of a solar power plant (SPP) in Kyrgyzstan and hopes that the facility will be commissioned within the next two years, Russian Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Roman Chekushov told journalists.

He said that the Russian delegation had visited the SPP construction site as part of its visit to Kyrgyzstan.

"Most of the solar panels have already been delivered for the construction of the plant, and we therefore expect that within the next two years, it will not only have been built, but also commissioned," Chekushov said.

In April, Kyrgyz Energy Minister Taalaibek Ibrayev told Interfax of plans to build a 300-MW SPP in the village of Toru-Aygyr in the Issyk-Kul region with the involvement of Russian companies.

Chekushov also referred to the project to build a wind farm with the help of Rosatom. "I am sure that today, at the Russian-Kyrgyz Economic Forum [taking place in Cholpon-Ata from August 13-15], and at other events hosted by our Eurasian contacts, we will definitely discuss these areas," he said.

The first set of equipment for the 100-MW wind farm in the Issyk-Kul region was reported to be scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2025, with construction scheduled to begin in 2026.

This is the first overseas wind power project in which JSC Rosatom Renewable Energy, formerly NovaWind, has been involved. Technical examinations have already been conducted and several suitable sites proposed, one of which is located near the Kok-Moynok-1 village of the Balykchy town in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan. The plant has a planned annual capacity of 280 million kWh, with a planned output of 7 billion kWh over 25 years.