At the St Petersburg International Economic Forum 2024, Gazprom Export LLC and Gazprom Kyrgyzstan LLC signed a long-term contract for the supply of natural gas by Russia to Kyrgyzstan.
Deputy General Director of Gazprom Kyrgyzstan Arzamat Aldayarov announced that Russian Gazprom is now set to double its supplies of ‘blue fuel’ to Kyrgyzstan from 2025-2040.
He stated that the Bishkek Thermal Power Plant will switch completely to gas from 2026. In addition, the Kyrgyz authorities are planning to launch several more stations near Bishkek, which will also operate on Russian raw materials.
Arzamat Aldayarov added that the development of a five-year roadmap for providing gas throughout Bishkek was imminent and referencing plans to build 250–300 kilometers of gas pipelines annually, connecting 13–15 thousand apartment buildings to supplies, said, “Currently, a lot of electricity is spent on heating, which puts pressure on city networks. We are looking for other sources of heat. We want to completely gasify residential areas and switch them to gas heating.”
