BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 7. NovaWind
Kyrgyzstan, part of Russia's Rosatom, and the Russian-Kyrgyz
Development Fund signed an agreement to advance an investment
project for a wind power plant in Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul
region.
This was announced in a statement published by Rosatom
Renewables following the 8th Kyrgyz-Russian Economic Forum, which
took place in Bosteri, Issyk-Kul Region on August 6.
"The agreement is part of the project to build Rosatom's first
wind farm in Kyrgyzstan," NovaWind Kyrgyzstan CEO Dmitry Andreyev
said.
According to the statement, the agreement provides for work on
the development and implementation of the project, as well as the
subsequent operation of the wind power plant.
Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund Chairman Artem Novikov said the
fund considers renewable energy an important area for strengthening
Kyrgyzstan's energy security, attracting investment and expanding
industrial cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Russia.
Meanwhile, Kyrgyzstan's electricity generation is dominated by
hydropower, which accounts for the bulk of the country's power
output. The government has therefore been seeking to diversify the
country's energy mix by attracting investment into solar, wind and
other renewable projects, alongside efforts to expand existing
hydropower capacity.
The push for additional generation has become more important as
Kyrgyzstan's electricity consumption continues to rise. The country
has also been working to modernize its power infrastructure and
attract foreign investors to new generation projects, while
regional initiatives such as the Central Asia–South Asia
electricity transmission project (CASA-1000) are aimed at improving
the wider region's electricity connectivity. In this context, wind
generation in Issyk-Kul could add a non-hydropower source to
Kyrgyzstan's energy system and help reduce pressure on the
country's predominantly hydro-based electricity supply.
