The Russian company did not receive money for the CHP in Kazakhstan: Astana will build itself

Russian Inter RAO has not received a loan from the Russian government for the construction of three thermal power plants in Kazakhstan and they will be built by Kazakhstani companies themselves.

"Inter RAO was supposed to receive export financing, but, unfortunately, they could not do it, so it was decided to build them on their own," First Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar said at a press conference. inbusiness.kz .

According to the deputy head of the Kazakh government, the media reported that the active phase of construction of the Kokshetau thermal power plant has begun, the customer is Samruk-Energo.

"The same will happen with the stations in Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk. If we receive proposals from our Russian colleagues on financing, Samruk-Energo can choose them as partners. There will be no obstacles here. This is done so that the station itself can offer a tariff that does not exceed the existing limits only at the expense of the capacity market," the First Deputy Prime Minister added.

He estimates that the total cost of a unit of power per kilowatt hour is from $2 to $2.5 million per gigawatt.

On the eve of the Vice-Minister of Energy of the republic Bakytzhan Ilyas said that negotiations are underway on the construction of three thermal power plants with China and South Korea.

As EADaily reported, an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of three thermal power plants was signed last year. However, the issue of export financing has not been resolved. In contrast to the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan. The consortium will be headed by Rosatom, which carries out all projects abroad with the provision of a state loan.