Central Asia’s Power Grid Faces a Major Test as Winter Approaches
and Iran Signal Room for Diplomacy Brazil's ambitious data center expansion… Eurasianet is an independent news organization that covers news from and about the South Caucasus and Central Asia, providing on-the-ground reporting and critical perspectives on… Concern is rising in Central Asia about the region’s ability to generate sufficient heat and electricity during the upcoming winter season.
Worries are perhaps greatest at present in Kyrgyzstan, where demandhas surgedin recent weeks due to the early onset of cold weather.
An October 29 reportpublishedby the 24.kg news agency highlighted that Central Asia’s power grid is fragile, at risk of breaking down in winter.
It cited a Eurasian Development Bankstudyof the grid’s performance in 2024 that showed it was frequently overloaded, forced to sustain loads that “reached 105–123 percent of the permissible values.” “Among the problematic areas identified were interstate energy links between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as other large sections of the region's energy system,” according to the 24.kg analysis.
The EDB study itself states that “the region’s central constraint is not installed capacity, but the availability, flexibility, and deliverability of capacity in critical hours.
Fuel and hydrological constraints, offline thermal units, and grid bottlenecks mean that part of the nameplate capacity is unavailable precisely when the system needs it most.” Kyrgyz officials are taking early action to head off potential problems.
Kyrgyz Energy Minister Altynbek Rysbekovmet withhis Uzbek counterpart, Sherzod Khodjaev in Tashkent on October 28, discussing ways to maintain stable electricity supplies during the upcoming cold season.
Acknowledging Kyrgyzstan’s troubles with providing sufficient electricity supplies in winter, President Sadyr Japarov has announced that his administration will not issue any new licenses for power-intensive crypto mining operations until the country’s generating capacity improves.
“We can only give permission once our large hydroelectric power plants are built and we cover our own needs,” Japarov said in an interview published bySuper.kg.
“Ultimately, mining farms generate a lot of taxes.
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