BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, March 9. Kyrgyzstan’s
major power station operator, Electric Stations, imported 34.7
million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity from Russia’s Inter RAO
in January 2025, transiting through Kazakhstan.
The data obtained by Trend from Kazakhstan’s Samruk-Energy shows a 141
percent (20.3 million kWh) increase compared to the same period in
2024 (14.4 million kWh).
In addition, Electric Stations imported 206 million kWh of
electricity from Kazakhstan’s renewable energy power plants (LLP
Settlement and Financial Center for Support of Renewable Energy
Source of the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan) in the reported
month, a rise of 7.1 percent or 4.1 million kWh compared to January
2024 (132.9 million kWh).
At the Ministry of Energy’s board meeting on February 26,
Kyrgyzstan’s Energy Minister Taalaibek Ibraev reported that the
total electricity consumption in the country for 2024 reached 18.3
billion kWh. Hydroelectric power stations generated 12.77 billion
kWh, while thermal power plants produced 1.76 billion kWh.
Meanwhile, 3.63 billion kWh of electricity was imported from
neighboring countries. Furthermore, private small hydroelectric
stations produced 156.2 million kWh, and solar power plants
generated 0.17 million kWh.
Inter RAO, a major Russian energy company, operates assets
across Russia, Europe, and the CIS, while Samruk-Energy, the
state-owned Kazakh energy firm, oversees the nation’s electricity
generation and distribution network. The company was founded in
2007 as part of Kazakhstan’s long-term policy to modernize and
expand its energy infrastructure.
