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| Kyrgyzstan Hydropower Study Awarded | EDF and PricewaterhouseCoopers have won the tender for an investment study of the Kambarata-1 and Kambarata-2 hydropower plants in Kyrgyzstan, said Inter RAO UES - the organizer of the tender. | |
| Geothermal Resource Explored in Kyrgyz Republic | Uranoz has been busy collecting and analysing historical data on the licence areas in the Kyrgyz Republic. They have also measured rock temperatures within an adit on the Inylchek licence area which confirmed the reported rock temperature of 75 degrees centigrade which indicates a geothermal gradient in excess of 100 degrees C per kilometre. | |
| Meinl and Simonsfeld Renewable Investment in Central and Eastern Europe | Meinl International Power Ltd. said that it has reached an agreement with the Simonsfeld Group, a unit of WKS Holding GmbH, to jointly develop new windmill projects in Central and Eastern Europe, and to purchase and operate existing ones in the region. | |
| Kyrgyz Lawmakers Approve Hydro Privatizations | The Kyrgyztan Parliament backed several amendments to existing energy laws to allow for the privatization of the Kambarata-1 and Kambarata-2 stations on the Naryn River near the border with Tajikistan and municipal heating facilities in the capital, Bishkek. | |
| Biomass Co-firing in Europe - Conference | On behalf of the Integrated European Network for Biomass Co-firing (NETBIOCOF), you are invited to join us at the International Conference in Biomass Co-firing in Europe. This event will be held on July 2-4, 2007 in Budapest, Hungary.
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| Kyrgystan Hydro Power Tranmission Memorandum | BISHKEK. The governments of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan have inked a memorandum on the energy market development in these countries, Kazakhstan Today correspondent reports citing the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism of Kyrgyzstan. It is expected that the memorandum will allow Kyrgyzstan to improve the economic attractiveness of projects of construction of hydropower stations Kambarata-1 and -2, Upper Naryn and Sary-Djyzak hydropower cascades. | |
| Russia Signs To Develop Tajik and Kyrgyz Hydro | Russia is taking effective steps to develop power generation in Central Asia. It has signed an agreement to complete the construction of the Sangtudinskaya hydropower plant, is preparing a similar one on the Rogunskaya hydropower plant in Tajikistan and another one on the construction of the Kambaratinskaya hydropower plant in Kyrgyzstan. Another important issue is the creation of a power grid to transfer excessive electricity produced by Tajik and Kyrgyz power plants to Central and South Asia. | |
| Russian Leader Encourages Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Hydro | At a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), where an "SCO Energy Club" is being planned, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov spoke of the need to build new gas transit corridors in Central Asia and to develop the hydroelectric potential in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and export some of that energy to different regions of Central and South Asia. | |
| Kyrgyzstan: Rural Communities Seek Hydro Share | Local people, backed by their district council, argue that having a share of the two new plants’ (Kambarata-1 and -2) assets would offset the damage they envisage the construction work will do to the environment and the local economy.
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| Turkey and Kyrgystan Hydro Cooperation Possible | On an official visit to Turkey, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev indicated Turkey and Kyrgyzstan had the potential to cooperate in the areas of energy system supplies and hydroelectric production.
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| Belarus interested in construction of new hydropower stations in Kyrgyzstan | Belarus is interested in development of new hydropower stations in Kyrgystan. | |
| China Signs Letter of Intent with Kyrgyzstan, Interested in Hydropower Plants | Kyrgyzstan's Electric Stations Company signed a letter of intent on long-term cooperation with the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), who showed interest in several hydropower plants. | |
| Russia Increases Involvement in Kyrgyzstan | The presidential administration and the government of Russia have drafted a plan to step up Russian influence in Kyrgyzstan, including in the energy sector. | |
| International Conference on Utilization of Water Resources Begins in Kyrgyzstan | According to Water Problems and Hydro Power Industry Institute of Kyrgyzstan National Academy of Sciences data, the scholars from Germany, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and France will participate in the symposium. | |
| Putin Pledges Economic Assistance to Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyzstan is particularly interested in Russian companies helping with the construction of the hydroelectric stations Kambar Ata 1 and Kambar Ata 2. | |