Turkmenistan has started supplying electricity to Kyrgyzstan beginning in August, Sputnik news agency reports, citing the press service of the Ministry of Energy and Industry of Kyrgyzstan.
According to the contract, Turkmenistan will supply 501.9 million kWh of electricity to Kyrgyzstan between August and December 2021.
The electric energy is transited through the territory of Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan has already exported 19.2 million kWh of electricity until August 9.
Earlier, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov and President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov agreed on the supply of electricity in the autumn-winter period. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of Energy and Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan.
It should be recalled that preparations are underway in the Lebap region, Turkmenistan, to launch a gas turbine power plant with a capacity of 432 MW, which will increase the export of Turkmen electricity abroad.
