Japarov said the preparatory work on Kambar-Ata-1 is complete, 24.kg reported from the meeting. “God willing, next year, in 2027, or in 2028 we will begin construction, and in five to six years we will build it,” he said.
A resident of Kara-Kul had raised the state of the town’s heating and water networks and asked for the dam’s work to be sped up, saying he had himself worked on the construction of six hydropower plants, 24.kg wrote.
“God willing, next year, in 2027, or in 2028 we will begin construction, and in five to six years we will build it,” he said.
Kambar-Ata-1 is being built on the Naryn by Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The station is to have three units with a combined capacity of 1,860 megawatts and to generate about 6 billion kilowatt-hours a year, at an estimated cost of $4.2 billion.
Kyrgyzstan imports about 4 billion kilowatt-hours a year, the energy ministry told parliament last week, and plans to lift its peak-hour limits only after the Kara-Keche power plant starts in 2029, as CAW reported on 22 October.