Bishkek Energy Storage Power Station Construction Project
In September 2024, Turkish company Orta Asya Investment Holding and Mayor of Bishkek Aibek Junushaliev signed an investment agreement for construction and operation of a combined
This agreement provides for fuel supply to residents and gasification of major facilities, including the Bishkek power station, the Bishkek-2 power station, and the Bishkekselmash power station. According to Gazprom Kyrgyzstan, the full conversion to gas of the Bishkek power station was planned in October 2027.
Bishkek power station (Бишкекская ТЭЦ, ТЭЦ г. Бишкек) is an operating power station of at least 813-megawatts (MW) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as Bishkek CHP power station. Loading map... Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84): CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power.
As per reporting of the new owner of the plant - the municipality of Bishkek - in early 2025, the plant's average capacity utilized was 450 MW, average daily coal consumption was 7,409 thousand tonnes. 6 units were said to be in operation at the time, including units 3 and 4, which is what the company has been naming the new 150MW units.
According to the New York Times, the public outcry and a trial in Bishkek exposed Chinese business practices and local corruption to months of intense scrutiny from Kyrgyzstan's media and elected politicians.
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