New power station to be built in Bishkek for $300 million
The goal of the project is to build and operate a combined-cycle power plant with a capacity of over 250 megawatts on the territory of Bishkek Heating and Power Plant 2. The
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.
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.
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.
The power station is mostly fired by coal, with gas and fuel oil used as the start-up fuel. The power plant was owned by Electricheskiye Stantsii JSC (Electric Power Plants JSC) that was established as a result of reorganization of Kyrgyzenergo OJSC in 2001.
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