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ASTANA (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Board of Directors has approved a financing framework of up to €200 million which will be used to finance primarily private renewable energy projects in Kazakhstan with a total generating capacity of 300 MW within the next five years, the Bank said on December 16. Such projects can be in wind or solar power, small hydro plants or biogas. The construction of generating capacity will be allocated €160 million, while €40 million will be allotted to electricity grid modernisation, which is necessary in order to integrate these renewable projects into the national transmission system. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — A new plant producing solar batteries of NewTech company was officially opened on November 11 in the Bishkek Ak-Chiy free economic zone in Kyrgyzstan’s northern Chui province, the Kyrgyz governmental press service said. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — The Eco-Energy scientific-innovation center under the State Committee on Nature of Uzbekistan plans to install more than 400 mobile solar electric power stations throughout the country by the end of 2016, the Jahon information agency reports. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — A ground-breaking ceremony was held for construction of a solar power plant in the village of Kabanbai Batyr in the Akmola province, some 30 kilometers from Kazakhstan’s capital city, Astana, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan's hydropower can provide 120 million people with electricity, but due to problems in the energy sector it is not able to provide even the country’s 6 million population, said Kyrgyz MP Omurbek Tekebayev. The problems are old including poor management, corruption, and technical and commercial losses. As a result, Kyrgyzstan has become dependent on the policies of neighboring countries, and the state cannot provide energy independence. Continue reading
