The announcement travelled quietly. Rosatom’s renewables division put out the news on 6 August, Vedomosti carried it that evening, and the fullest account, from RFE/RL’s regional service, landed Monday. The signing took place during the eighth Kyrgyz-Russian economic forum on Issyk-Kul’s shore.
NovaVind Kyrgyzstan director Dmitry Andreyev signed with Artyom Novikov, chairman of the Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund, and the Eurasian Development Bank’s deputy chairman Alexey Skatin. The site covers 200 hectares. Rosatom describes itself as developer from design through operation, runs more than 1.3 GW of wind in southern Russia and wants 2 GW by 2028.
No investment figure is attached to the new agreement. The $120 million in circulation is a project valuation from September 2024, and the financing split between the fund, the bank and the corporation is undisclosed.
The republic needs the electricity sooner than any turbine can turn.
The republic needs the electricity sooner than any turbine can turn: the energy ministry told Monday’s winter-preparation meeting it expects to import 4.1 billion kWh this year against consumption of 19.6 billion. The mid-July blackout, meanwhile, is 25 days old, and the grid operator has yet to publish a cause.
The agreement publishes a capacity and a site. The tariff, the construction calendar and who pays for what are still nowhere in the record.